X-38 Crew Return Vehicle: Our X-38 Crew Return Vehicle model spacecraft is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen. Our X-38 Crew Return Vehicle model spacecraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures. The model spacecraft's parts including the launch vehicle and payloads are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. It will fascinate anyone who gazes at it for its remarkable and exceptional quality. The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle model spacecraft comes with an extremely durable base stand marked with the spacecraft's official insignia. X-38 Crew Return Vehicle History: The X-38 was a prototype for a wingless lifting body re-entry vehicle that was to be used as a Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station (ISS). The project began at the Johnson Space Center in early 1995, using data from past lifting body programs and the US Army's Guided Precision Delivery System tests. In 1996, a contract was awarded to Scaled Composites for the construction of two atmospheric test vehicles. However, development of the X-38 was cancelled in 2002 due to budget cuts. The wingless X-38 CRV, when operational, would have been the first reusable human spacecraft to be built in more than two decades. Its design used a wingless lifting body concept originally developed by the US Air Force in the mid-1960s during the X-24 program. The X-38 was intended to be an emergency vehicle to return up to seven ISS crewmembers to Earth. It would be carried to the space station in the cargo bay of a space shuttle and attached to a docking port. If an emergency were to arise that forced the ISS crew to leave the space station, the CRV would be undocked, and after a deorbit engine burn, return to Earth much like a space shuttle. The X-38's life support system had a duration of approximately seven hours. A steerable parafoil parachute would be deployed at an altitude of about 40,000 feet to carry it through the final descent and the landing. The CRV was designed to fly automatically from orbit to landing using onboard navigation and flight control systems. Backup systems would allow the crew to pick a landing site and steer the parafoil to a landing if necessary. X-38 flight-testing began in March 1998. The primary objectives of the flights were testing and validating the parachute deployment and steering systems, along with the vehicle's automatic flight control system. On April 29, 2002, NASA announced the cancellation of the X-38 program due to budget pressures associated with the international space station. The X-38 was two years short of completing its flight test phase. This model has measurements of: Span: 5 3/4" Len: 9 3/4" and Scale: 1/30