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Bob Baron (DFRC) and Brian Anderson (JSC) with X-38 Prototype
Bob Baron (DFRC) and Brian Anderson (JSC) with X-38 Prototype

Bob Baron of the DFRC (left) and Brian Anderson of JSC (right) flank an X-38 prototype Crew Return Vehicle technology…

Communications Testing Before Taxi Tests
Communications Testing Before Taxi Tests

With Rogers Dry Lake in the background, one of NASA’s Global Hawks went through communications testing at NASA’s Dryden Flight…

Artist’s Depiction of X-38 Crew Lifeboat
Artist’s Depiction of X-38 Crew Lifeboat

Artist’s depiction of NASA’s proposed Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Crew Module Mockup Gets a Lift
Crew Module Mockup Gets a Lift

A mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden’s Fabrication Branch got a lift from its construction site to its…

Plywood Mockup of the X-38’s Aft End
Plywood Mockup of the X-38’s Aft End

Plywood mockup of the X-38’s aft end, minus vertical stabilizers, mounted on a truck for an economical test of the…

F-104 Starfighter
F-104 Starfighter

F-104B #819 flies chase on the NB-52B #008 during the first Drones for Aerodynamic and Structural Testing (DAST) captive flight.…

F-104 Starfighter
F-104 Starfighter

F-104G (N826NA) in flight over the Mojave Desert in January 1988. This aircraft was the last of eleven F-104s delivered…

F-104 Starfighter
F-104 Starfighter

Research pilots do not only fly aircraft and spacecraft. In this 1992 photo, NASA’s Steve Ishmael is seated on an…

F-104 Starfighter
F-104 Starfighter

JF-104A (formerly YF-104A, serial # 55-2961) was modified with a hydrogen peroxide reaction control system (RCS). Following a zoom climb…

F-104 Starfighter
F-104 Starfighter

TF-104G #824 flies chase on NB-52B during a Drones for Aerodynamic and Structural Testing (DAST) ARW-1 captive flight. The DAST…