
One of the Spacewedge remotely-piloted research vehicles in flight under a steerable parafoil during 1995 research flights conducted by NASA’s…

The Spacewedge subscale research model glides in toward a touchdown at a California City landing zone during 1992 flight tests…

A Rans S-12 remotely piloted “mothership” takes off from a lakebed runway carrying a Spacewedge research model during 1992 flight…

The instrumentation and equipment is seen inside the Spacewedge #3, a remotely-piloted research vehicle flown at the Dryden Flight Research…

Electronics technician Joe Ciganek operated and maintained the SR-71 simulator while it was at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.

Different approaches to building a research craft to simulate a spacecraft able to land on the ground instead of splashing…

Carbon-Carbon Control Surface in heating and loading test configuration.

Close-up view of the XLR-11 rocket engine mounted in the X-24A lifting body research vehicle.

Proteus DSA control room in Mojave, CA.

Vance D. Brand in Space Shuttle flight suit.