
These people and this equipment supported the flight of the NACA D-558-2 Skyrocket at the High-Speed Flight Station at South…

Scott Crossfield talks to newsmen in front of NACA South Base hangar after his first flight to Mach 2 in…

In 1954 this photo of two swept wing airplanes was taken on the ramp of the NACA High-Speed Flight Research…

The Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory touches down at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia, following a 1997…

The sleek lines of the Tupolev Tu-144LL are evident as it sits on the taxiway at the Zhukovsky Air Development…

A front view of the Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia.

The Tupolev Tu-144LL lifts off from the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia, on a 1998 test flight.

The Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory shows off its sleek lines in a low-level pass over the Zhukovsky Air Development…

The delta wing of the Tupolev Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory is evident in this view from underneath the aircraft during…

NASA Research pilot C. Gordon Fullerton sits in cockpit of Tu-144LL SST Flying Laboratory.