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Centurion

Trailed by a van carrying the remote pilot and observers, a radio-controlled quarter-scale model of the Centurion solar-electric flying wing…

Flight Test Crew Module Awaits Avionics and Other Equipment Installation
Flight Test Crew Module Awaits Avionics and Other Equipment Installation

Sporting a fresh paint job, NASA’s first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module awaited avionics and other equipment installation.

Air Force Pilots Apt, Kincheloe with AFFRC Flight Director Hanes and X-2 Rocket Plane
Air Force Pilots Apt, Kincheloe with AFFRC Flight Director Hanes and X-2 Rocket Plane

Air Force X-2 pilots Capt. Milburn “Mel” Apt and Capt. Iven Kincheloe flank Col. Horace Hanes, AFFTC flight test director,…

C-17 Takeoff with Orion Crew Module Aboard
C-17 Takeoff with Orion Crew Module Aboard

An Air Force C-17 operated by the Mississippi Air National Guard climbed into the summer sky from Edwards Air Force…

B-52 Mothership Carries X-43A Aloft
B-52 Mothership Carries X-43A Aloft

Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mother ship that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA’s X-43A…

Centurion
Centurion

Silhouetted under a bright blue sky, a quarter-scale model of the Centurion solar-powered flying wing shows off its internal rib…

Centurion
Centurion

A close-up view of the 14 wide-bladed propellers and electric motors on the Centurion solar-powered, remotely piloted flying wing. This…

Centurion
Centurion

The Centurion solar-powered, remotely-piloted flying wing rests on the sun-baked surface of Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA’s Dryden Flight…

Centurion
Centurion

The Centurion remotely piloted flying wing during an early morning test flight over the Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to at…

Crew Module Awaits Equipment Installation
Crew Module Awaits Equipment Installation

NASA’s first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module was placed in NASA Dryden’s Abort Flight Test integration area for…