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X-15A-2 is rolled out of the paint shop after having the full scale ablative applied. In June 1967, the X-15A-2...
X-15A-2 with full scale ablative and external tanks installed parked in front of hangar. In June 1967, the X-15A-2...
The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of...
In 1947, the American rocket-powered X-1 experimental aircraft broke the sound barrier. X-1 team members from the...
The Helios Prototype flying wing stretches almost the full length of the 300-foot-long hangar at NASA's Dryden...
The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, attached to a modified Pegasus booster rocket and followed by a chase...
The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate after launch from...
The solar-powered Helios Prototype flying wing frames two modified F-15 research aircraft in a hangar at NASA's...
NASA research pilot Bill Dana stands in front of the HL-10 Lifting Body following his first glide flight on April...
The first of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus® booster rocket recently underwent...
NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft rolls down a taxiway at Edwards Air Force Base with the X-43A hypersonic research...
The X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus® booster rocket are nestled under the wing of NASA's...
As part of a combined systems test conducted by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft...
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
The second of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, shown here in its protective shipping jig, arrived at NASA's...
Researcher James Blue examines the new cyclotron at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis...
The first of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus® booster rocket recently underwent...
Lead Test Engineer John Kobak (right) and a technician use an oscilloscope to test the installation of a Pratt and...
A Centaur second-stage rocket is lowered into the vacuum tank inside the Space Power Chambers at NASA’s Lewis...
A researcher prepares a Centaur 6A second-stage rocket for a series of tests in the Space Power Chambers’ vacuum...
Donald Rhodes, left, and Clyde Greer, right, monitor the operation of the National Aeronautics and Space...