NASA X-43A Monitor Station Operator Brad Neal performs final checks and pre-flight preparations aboard the B-52 for the third X-43A…
The Hyper-X X-43A project team in front of NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft with the Pegasus booster and X-43A vehicle attached.
A quarter-scale model of the future Centurion solar-powered high-altitude research aircraft settles in for landing after a March 1997 test…
The Centurion remotely piloted, solar-powered aircraft is silhouetted by the early morning sun on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA’s…
An artist’s conception of the X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or “Hyper-X” in flight.
Illuminated by early-morning sunlight, a quarter-scale model of the solar-powered, remotely piloted Centurion ultra-high-altitude flying wing soars over California’s Mojave…
NASA’s first X-38 Advanced Technology Demonstrator for the proposed Crew Return Vehicle arrives at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…
The Orion flight test crew module that was used for the Orion Launch Abort System Pad Abort 1 flight test…
Illuminated by early-morning sunlight, a quarter-scale model of the Solar-powered, remotely piloted Centurion ultra-high-altitude flying wing demonstrates its abilities during…
Technicians perform pre-test checks of a battery-powered quarter-scale prototype of the remotely-piloted Centurion flying wing during taxi tests In March…