Trailed by a van carrying the remote pilot and observers, a radio-controlled quarter-scale model of the Centurion solar-electric flying wing…
Sporting a fresh paint job, NASA’s first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module awaited avionics and other equipment installation.
Air Force X-2 pilots Capt. Milburn “Mel” Apt and Capt. Iven Kincheloe flank Col. Horace Hanes, AFFTC flight test director,…
An Air Force C-17 operated by the Mississippi Air National Guard climbed into the summer sky from Edwards Air Force…
Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mother ship that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA’s X-43A…
Silhouetted under a bright blue sky, a quarter-scale model of the Centurion solar-powered flying wing shows off its internal rib…
A close-up view of the 14 wide-bladed propellers and electric motors on the Centurion solar-powered, remotely piloted flying wing. This…
The Centurion solar-powered, remotely-piloted flying wing rests on the sun-baked surface of Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA’s Dryden Flight…
The Centurion remotely piloted flying wing during an early morning test flight over the Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to at…
NASA’s first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module was placed in NASA Dryden’s Abort Flight Test integration area for…