
The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here under tow by an unseen C-47 at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Aerospace industry representatives view actual and mock-up versions of ‘X-Planes’ intended to enhance access to space during a technical exposition…

This group photo of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) employees was taken in 1950 in front of the NACA…

Following its controlled impact on posts imbedded in the lakebed, the B-720 slid sideways and was almost enveloped in the…

The B-720 is seen making a practice close approach over the prepared impact site.

The B-720 is seen during the moments of initial impact.

The B-720 after impact and sliding through the wing openers became enveloped in a fireball.

The X-31 aircraft, on a research mission from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, is flying nearly perpendicular to…

The B-720 is seen viewed moments after impact and just before hitting the wing openers.