
The X-15A-2 with drop tanks and ablative coating is shown parked on the NASA ramp in front of the XB-70.

This photo shows NASA’s PIK-20 motor-glider sailplane on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.

Bradley C. Flick

SR-71 research pilot Ed Schneider is pictured here in front of an SR-71 Blackbird on the ramp at the Dryden…

The unusual design of the Proteus high-altitude aircraft, incorporating a gull-wing shape for its main wing and a long, slender…

NACA High-Speed Flight Station Rocket Shop.

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) returned from an Air Force test flight over Edwards Air Force Base, CA, in…

NASA researchers Gerard Schkolnik (left) and John Orme monitor equipment in the control room at the Dryden Flight Research Center,…

NASA’s F-15B research testbed jet from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center flew in the supersonic shockwave of a Northrop…

Test panels covered with an advanced foam insulation material for the Space Shuttle’s giant external fuel tank were test flown…