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Sep 10, 1969
ECN-2304
The Hyper III was a full-scale lifting-body remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) built at what was then the NASA...
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Oct 21, 1975
F-15 RPRV landing on lakebed
This photograph shows NASA's 3/8th-scale remotely piloted research vehicle landing on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards...
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May 5, 1980
PA-30 Twin Comanche - NASA 808 in hangar
Technicians check instrumentation and systems on NASA 808, a PA-30 aircraft, prior to a research flight. The...
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Oct 8, 1971
PA-30 Twin Comanche - NASA 808 in flight
Dryden Flight Research Center's Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche, which helped validate the RPRV concept, descends to a...
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Apr 9, 2015
Second X-56A MUTT Makes First Flight
NASA researchers are using the X-56A, a low-cost, modular, remotely piloted aerial vehicle, to explore the behavior...
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Sep 10, 1969
ECN-2301
The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a...
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Jun 14, 1995
Spacewedge #3 in Flight over California City Drop Zone
One of the Spacewedge remotely-piloted research vehicles in flight under a steerable parafoil during 1995 research...
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Nov 15, 1991
Perseus in Flight
The Perseus proof-of-concept vehicle flies over Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...
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Aug 2, 1976
Oblique Wing Research Aircraft on ramp
This 1976 photograph of the Oblique Wing Research Aircraft was taken in front of the NASA Flight Research Center...
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Nov 3, 1976
Oblique Wing Research Aircraft in flight
Oblique Wing Research Aircraft in flight
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Jan 22, 1996
Interior of Spacewedge #3
This photo shows the instrumentation and equipment inside the Spacewedge #3, a remotely-piloted research vehicle...
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Nov 15, 1991
Perseus in Flight
The Perseus proof-of-concept vehicle in flight at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California in 1991....
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Mar 4, 1998
Pilot Ed Lewis with T-34C aircraft on ramp
NASA pilot Ed Lewis with the T-34C aircraft on the Dryden Flight Research Center Ramp. The aircraft was previously...
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Aug 14, 1992
Rans S-12 RPV Takes off with Spacewedge #2
A Rans S-12 remotely piloted "mothership" takes off from a lakebed runway carrying a Spacewedge research model...
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Feb 6, 1984
EC84-28307
Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in plane.
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May 15, 1997
T-34C back seat instrument panel
The back seat instrument panel on the NASA T-34C chase plane. In its role as a military trainer, the instructor...
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Mar 21, 1997
T-34C in flight
A NASA T-34C aircraft, used for safety chase, is shown flying above the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...
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Mar 21, 1997
T-34C in flight
A NASA T-34C aircraft, used for safety chase, is shown flying above the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...
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Apr 9, 2015
ED15-0104-78
The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) is greeted on an Edwards Air Force Base runway by a U.S. Air Force...
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Apr 20, 2005
ED05-0082-04
A pilot for General Atomics guides the Altair remotely operated aircraft from a ground control station using both...
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Apr 20, 2005
EC05-0090-03
An ocean color senor, a passive microwave vertical sounder and an electro-optical sensor were mounted on the Altair...
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Apr 20, 2005
ED05-0082-09
Terrence Hertz, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, at the...
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Apr 20, 2005
EC05-0090-19
A satellite antenna, electro-optical/infrared and ocean color sensors (front) were among payloads installed on the...
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Aug 15, 1994
Perseus A on Ramp
The Perseus A, a remotely-piloted, high-altitude research vehicle, is seen just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake at...
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