
This front-view photo of the X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft shows the X-29 lit by early morning light on Rogers Dry…

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

The Theseus prototype research aircraft being assembled at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in May of 1996.

ERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) in flight during 1996. The D-2 was built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., to test…

NASA Dryden DC-8 Flight Crew, 2004.

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

A group photo of research aircraft at NASA’s Ames/Dryden Flight Research Facility in 1993 (redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center…

The tail of the Theseus prototype research aircraft is seen here being unloaded at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

David A. Wright was associate director for Center Operations at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Members of the 747 SOFIA infrared observatory support team gather around Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.