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Centurion
Centurion

With the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains as a backdrop and a motorcycle-mounted chase crew alongside, a quarter-scale model of the…

X-43A and Pegasus Booster Rocket Attached to B-52
X-43A and Pegasus Booster Rocket Attached to B-52

The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, attached to a modified Pegasus booster rocket, was taken to launch altitude by NASA’s…

X-38 Transported to DFRC after C-17 Delivery
X-38 Transported to DFRC after C-17 Delivery

NASA’s first X-38 Advanced Technology Demonstrator for the proposed Crew Return Vehicle is transported down a road at NASA’s Dryden…

Artist’s Rendering of X-43A, Pegasus Booster Rocket, and B-52 at 40,000 ft
Artist’s Rendering of X-43A, Pegasus Booster Rocket, and B-52 at 40,000 ft

This artist’s concept depicts the Hyper-X research vehicle riding on a booster rocket prior to being launched by the Dryden…

Early Desktop Model of X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle
Early Desktop Model of X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle

A side-view of an early desk-top model of NASA’s X-43A “Hyper-X,” or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, which has been developed to…

X-38 and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
X-38 and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

NASA’s first X-38 Advanced Technology Demonstrator for the proposed Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) arrives at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…

X-38 in Protective Material, Prepped for Shipment
X-38 in Protective Material, Prepped for Shipment

The X-38 lifting body research vehicle, seen here wrapped in a protective material, is lowered onto a truck for shipping…

Third X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle Carried Aloft
Third X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle Carried Aloft

The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket left the runway, carried aloft by NASA’s B-52B…

Second X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle Air-Launched by B-52
Second X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle Air-Launched by B-52

The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket dropped away from NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft over…

Orion Preps for Shipment to White Sands Missile Range
Orion Preps for Shipment to White Sands Missile Range

Technicians at NASA Dryden installed the “goalpost” fixture to the Orion crew module integration stand during conversion of the stand…