
The second X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its first flight on November 21, 2002, after taking…

NASA Dryden research pilot Jim Smolka (left) details a recent flight experiment on a modified F-15B.

Ground engine test run on the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 airplane at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit service area.

NASA’s two Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are seen here nose to nose at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

After initial ground-tow flights of the M2-F1 using the Pontiac as a tow vehicle, the way was clear to make…

Mark Pestana was a research pilot and project manager at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Crowds thronged around NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and an Air Force B-1B Lancer at the Edwards Air Force…

One of NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryden Flight Research Center main building at Edwards, Calif.,…

NASA’s two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #911 (left) and #905 (right) were nose-to-nose on the ramp at NASA…

Laurie Grindle, aerospace engineer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.