
Pathfinder-Plus flight in Hawaii, June 2002.

Fred W. Haise Jr. was a research pilot and an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1959…

NASA research pilot Bill Dana stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body following his first glide flight on April…

The four principal HL-10 pilots are seen here with the lifting body aircraft. They are, left to right; Air Force…

The HL-10 Lifting Body is seen here in powered flight shortly after launch from the B-52 mothership. When HL-10 powered…

The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

The third remotely-piloted Mini-Sniffer research vehicle rests on the lakebed adjacent to the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. This…

The original Mini-Sniffer remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA’s Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.…

The third version of the Mini-Sniffer remotely-piloted research vehicle on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…