
Engineers and technicians in the control room at the Dryden Flight Research Center constantly monitored critical operations and checks during…

Pathfinder – flight preparation on lakebed. The Pathfinder was designed, built, and operated by AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA

The X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or “Hyper-X” is seen here undergoing ground testing at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Pathfinder – flight preparation on lakebed at sunrise.

NASA’s Hyper-X Program Manager Vince Rausch talks about the X-43A from his office at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton,…

Crew members serviced the Pathfinder solar-powered aircraft on Rogers Dry Lake after a research flight at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

Mach 7 wind tunnel test of the full-scale X-43A model with spare flight engine in Langley’s 8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel.

Pathfinder aircraft prepared for flight showing solar cell arrays on wing.

F-104A (56-0734) parked on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.