
Named for American rocketry pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center was established on May 1, 1959,…

The single-seat F-16XL #1, NASA 849, joins up with an SR-71A, NASA 844, as crews set up for one of…

The single-seat F-16XL #1, NASA 849, joins up with an SR-71A, NASA 844, as crews set up for one of…

The single-seat F-16XL #1, NASA 849, joins up with an SR-71A, NASA 844, as crews set up for one of…

A bug’s-eye view of NASA’s F-16XL at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, shows the unique shape of its…

NASA’s single-seat F-16XL tail number 849 is shown accelerating in full afterburner during a flight in 1995.

NASA’s single-seat F-16XL #1 makes a drag chute landing at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The aircraft was…

NASA’s single-seat F-16XL #1 makes a drag chute landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave…

The #7 outboard rake is shown on the left wing of NASA’s single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) used for the Cranked-Arrow…

NASA’s single-seat F-16XL on a research flight over the desert near the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The aircraft…