# @airandspacemuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYIm0O3HxRH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65390992-airandspacemuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6e1332ecd9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-09T22:21:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Air and Space Museum (@airandspacemuseum) — https://gondola.cc/airandspacemuseum

## Caption

Rebuilt, like the "Six Million Dollar Man"

Pilot Bruce Peterson was injured in a crash of the M2-F2 lifting body this week in 1967. Footage from the crash was shown in the intro to "The Six Million Dollar Man." The craft was then rebuilt as the M2-F3, which is in our collection. The lifting body programs tested the concept of achieving aerodynamic lift from just the shape of wingless craft, a concept used in designing the Space Shuttle. The M2-F2/F3 was launched from beneath a B-52 mother craft at an altitude of 45,000 feet and would glide to a landing. #AirSpacePhoto

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