The Theseus research aircraft in flight over Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards, Calif., during a 1996 research flight.
Vance D. Brand August 20, 1998
This artist’s conception showed the X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator in the Shuttle Payload Bay.
Aircraft Fleet 1980s
The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
The first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its sixth flight on Dec. 19, 2002, raising its…
Cockpit instrument panel of the M2-F3 Lifting Body.
Einar Enevoldson was a civilian research pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center,…
A head-on view of the M2-F2 lifting body mounted on the wing pylon of its B-52 mothership in 1965.
The Theseus prototype research aircraft being assembled at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in May of 1996.