NASA’s F-15B carrying thermal insulation foam on its flight test fixture was shadowed by a NASA F-18B chase aircraft during…
Test panels covered with an advanced foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle’s giant external fuel tank were test flown…
NASA’s F-15B Research Testbed aircraft flew instrumentation in June 2004 called the Local Mach Investigation (LMI), designed to gather local…
In support of NASA’s 50th Anniversary, hundreds of NASA government and contractor employees dressed in red, white, and blue gathered…
Rick Searfoss became a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in…
Aerospace industry representatives view actual and mock-up versions of ‘X-Planes’ intended to enhance access to space during a technical exposition…
April 24, 2001
This 1952 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station inflight photograph of the Douglas D-558-I #3 Skystreak. Even with partial cloud cover…
NACA Research Aircraft — D-558-II, D-558-I, X-5, X-1, XF-92A, X-4
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B, seen here on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, was first flown for…