
An engineer at AeroVironment’s Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., closely inspects a set of silicon solar cells for…

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing

A technician at AeroVironment’s Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., checks a panel of silicon solar cells for conductivity…

Technician Marshall MacCready carefully lays a panel of solar cells into place on a wing section of the Helios Prototype…

The NASA-Dryden Integrated Test Facility (ITF), also known as the Walter C. Williams Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF), provides an…

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E mounted at a jaunty angle in front of the main building (4800) at NASA (now…

The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at…