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Side View of X-3
Side View of X-3

This NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph shows a side-view of the X-3 Stiletto research aircraft on the ramp at Edwards…

Low Reynolds Vehicle
Low Reynolds Vehicle

The LRV-2 (Low Reynolds Vehicle No. 2), seen here on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.,…

X-33 Artist’s Rendering
X-33 Artist’s Rendering

This artist’s rendering depicts the three designs submitted for the X-33 proposal for a technology demonstrator of a Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO)…

Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

NASA Dryden aircraft and avionics technicians (from left) Bryan Hookland, Art Cope, Herman Rijfkogel, and Jonathan Richards install the nose…

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.