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Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests
Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Rogers Dry…

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

The first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its sixth flight on Dec. 19, 2002, raising its…

Plywood Mockup of the M2-F1’s Top Deck and Canopy
Plywood Mockup of the M2-F1’s Top Deck and Canopy

The M2-F1 was fitted with an ejection seat before the airtow flights began.

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The twin pusher propeller-driven engines of the Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo, taken during a…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Crew members are seen here assembling the tail of the Theseus prototype research aircraft at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

NASA’s F-15B was later used for aerodynamic flight research, is seen here with the F/A-18B Systems Research Aircraft, on a…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Marta Bohn-Meyer flew as a back-seat flight test engineer in this NASA T-38 mission support aircraft when this 1993 photo…

Black Betsy: XLR-11 Rocket Engine
Black Betsy: XLR-11 Rocket Engine

What started as a hobby for four rocket fanatics went on to break the sound barrier: Lovell Lawrence, Hugh Franklin…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

One of NASA’s two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is silhouetted against the morning sky at sunrise on the…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

A brief tour through NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft was a popular attraction at the Edwards Air Force…