NASA Paresev, Dryden history gallery

E-10355 This photo shows the Paresev Paraglider Research Vehicle space frame receiving a new wing. Frank Fedor and a technician helper are attaching a half-scale version of an inflatable wing in a hangar at NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. The Paresev in this configuration was called the 1-C and was expected to closely approximate the aerodynamic characteristics that would be encountered with the Gemini space capsule with a parawing extended. The whole wing was not inflatable; the three chambers that acted as spars and supported the wing inflated. April 5,1963 NASA Photo / Read Paresev Project Description
NASA Identifier: 329518main_E-10355