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====Eclipse project==== NASA used six drones in its [[Eclipse Project (NASA)|Eclipse Project]] which ran from 1997 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88791main_Eclipse.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112094620/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88791main_Eclipse.pdf |archive-date=2010-01-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Eclipse/index.html |title=NASA Dryden Past Projects: Eclipse Tow Launch Demonstration | NASA |publisher=Nasa.gov |date=2009-08-31 |access-date=2014-08-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808070632/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Eclipse/index.html |archive-date=2014-08-08 }}</ref> The [[Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center|Dryden Flight Research Center]] supported project Eclipse which sought to demonstrate the feasibility of a reusable Aerotow-[[launch vehicle]]. The objective was to tow, inflight, a modified '''QF-106''' aircraft with a [[Lockheed C-141 Starlifter|C-141A]] transport aircraft. The test demonstrated the possibility of towing and launching a space launch vehicle from behind a tow plane.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Curry|first1=Marty|title=Eclipse EC97-44159-8: Eclipse program F-106 aircraft in flight Photo Collection|url=http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Eclipse/HTML/EC97-44159-8.html|website=dfrc.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA Dryden Flight Research Center August 1997|access-date=18 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214113/http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Eclipse/HTML/EC97-44159-8.html|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tucker|first1=Tom|title=The Eclipse Project|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88791main_Eclipse.pdf|website=NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20546|access-date=18 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112094620/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88791main_Eclipse.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2010}}</ref>
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