Pathfinder aircraft checkout flight.
As part of a combined systems test conducted by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA’s NB-52B carrier aircraft rolled down…
The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket left the runway, carried aloft by NASA’s B-52B…
A top front view of an early desk-top model of NASA’s X-43A “Hyper-X,” or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, developed to flight…
Pathfinder aircraft in flight.
Orbital Sciences Corp. technicians remove protective shrouds from the modified Pegasus booster before takeoff on the X-43A’s Mach 9.6 record…
NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft at sunset with the second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle attached to a modified Pegasus rocket under…
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA’s NB-52B carrier aircraft…
Pathfinder aircraft in flight.
Sleek lines are apparent in this side-view of an early desk-top model of NASA’s X-43A “Hyper-X,” or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle.
