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Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

An inert AIM-54 Phoenix missile nestled under the fuselage of NASA Dryden’s F-15B aircraft is being studied as a possible…

Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

Surplus Navy Phoenix missiles, like this one mounted on the centerline pylon of NASA’s F-15B research aircraft, may be used…

Wreckage of the X-2 Rocket Plane
Wreckage of the X-2 Rocket Plane

The X-2, initially an Air Force program, was scheduled to be transferred to the civilian National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics…

X-2 Collapsed Nose Landing Gear After Glide Flight
X-2 Collapsed Nose Landing Gear After Glide Flight

This 1952 photograph shows the X-2 #2 (46-675) with a collapsed nose landing gear, after landing on the first glide…

X-2 Number 1 (#674) in Flight over Southern California
X-2 Number 1 (#674) in Flight over Southern California

X-2 Number 1 (#674) in flight over Southern California.

X-31 in Flight over California’s Mojave Desert
X-31 in Flight over California’s Mojave Desert

The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability aircraft in flight over California’s Mojave desert during a 1992 test flight.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Technicians for AeroVironment, Inc., jack up a pressure tank to the wing of the Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing. The…

Guppy
Guppy

JSC technicians David Wyckoff and Tom Gordon carefully maneuver their equipment into place as they prepare to remove the Super…

Guppy
Guppy

Assistant crew chief David Wyckoff applies some elbow grease to loosen a link pin during a landing gear changeout on…

Bell X-2 (46-674) on Ramp with B-50 and Crew
Bell X-2 (46-674) on Ramp with B-50 and Crew

Air Force test pilot Capt. Iven Kincheloe stands in front of the Bell X-2 (46-674) on the ramp at Edwards…