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This 1975 photo shows the X-24B gliding to a landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, as Space Shuttle orbiters would in the future. The X-24B demonstrated that accurate unpowered reentry vehicle landings were operationally feasible. Top speed achieved by the X-24B was 1,164 mph and the highest altitude it reached was 74,130 feet.