
The Theseus research aircraft in flight over Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards, Calif., during a 1996 research flight.

Vance D. Brand August 20, 1998

This artist’s conception showed the X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator in the Shuttle Payload Bay.

Aircraft Fleet 1980s

The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

The first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its sixth flight on Dec. 19, 2002, raising its…

Cockpit instrument panel of the M2-F3 Lifting Body.

Einar Enevoldson was a civilian research pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center,…

A head-on view of the M2-F2 lifting body mounted on the wing pylon of its B-52 mothership in 1965.