
The remotely-piloted Altus I aircraft takes off from Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.

The remotely-piloted Altus I aircraft lands on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.

With space shuttle Discovery’s tail is in the foreground, the aurora australis, or southern lights, blaze over Earth’s horizon in…