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F-15B Flies the Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles
F-15B Flies the Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles

This November 13, 1995, photograph of the F-15 Advanced Controls Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

Advancing Engine and Aircraft Flight Control Technologies
Advancing Engine and Aircraft Flight Control Technologies

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) research aircraft takes off from Edwards, Calif.

Flight Demo of Pitch-Yaw Balance Beam Nozzles on F-15B
Flight Demo of Pitch-Yaw Balance Beam Nozzles on F-15B

NASA pilot Jim Smolka and McDonnell Douglas pilot Larry Walker flew the F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE)…

Second Pegasus Awaits Air Launch from B-52
Second Pegasus Awaits Air Launch from B-52

NASA’s B-52 launch aircraft takes off from the Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, with the second Pegasus vehicle under…

Test Rig Adjusted for Pegasus Loads Test
Test Rig Adjusted for Pegasus Loads Test

A technician adjusts the Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove before a loads-test at…

Pegasus Rocket Wing with Attached PHYSX Glove
Pegasus Rocket Wing with Attached PHYSX Glove

The Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove rests after load-tests at Scaled Composites, Inc.,…

PHYSX Project’s Experimental Glove
PHYSX Project’s Experimental Glove

This close-up of the stainless-steel Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s experimental “glove” shows a highly reflective surface, underneath which are…

Desk-top Model of Pegasus
Desk-top Model of Pegasus

A small, desk-top model of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Pegasus winged rocket booster.

B-52 Carries Pegasus Aloft
B-52 Carries Pegasus Aloft

The Pegasus air-launched space booster was carried aloft under the right wing of NASA’s B-52 carrier aircraft on its first…

PHYSX Glove Mockup Undergoes Hot-Loads Tests
PHYSX Glove Mockup Undergoes Hot-Loads Tests

A mock-up of the stainless-steel Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s experimental “glove” undergoes hot-loads tests at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…