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Second UCAV Takes off from Dry Lakebed
Second UCAV Takes off from Dry Lakebed

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

Visitors
Visitors

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

X-1 Rocket-Powered Research Aircraft
X-1 Rocket-Powered Research Aircraft

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

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

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

First Air-Tow of the M2-F1 Lifting Body
First Air-Tow of the M2-F1 Lifting Body

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

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

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

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

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

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

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

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

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

Dryden People
Dryden People

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