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Oct 28, 2025
NASA X-59 Chase Pilot Congratulates Aircraft Pilot After Historic First Flight
NASA chase pilot Jim “Clue” Less congratulates Nils Larson after completing the X-59’s first flight on Tuesday, Oct....
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Apr 19, 2021
Ingenuity's First Flight Recorded by Mastcam-Z
This image was taken after the first flight of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter — and the first powered, controlled...
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Oct 28, 2025
X-59 Test Pilot Exits the Aircraft After First Flight
NASA test pilot Nils Larson steps out of the X-59 after successfully completing the aircraft’s first flight Tuesday,...
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Nov 15, 2002
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How differential deflection of the inboard and outboard leading-edge flaps affected the handling qualities of this...
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Mar 4, 1998
Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) dumps water after first in-flight cold flow test
The NASA SR-71A successfully completed its first cold flow flight as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin...
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Oct 28, 2025
X-59 First Flight BRoll
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft had its first flight, ferrying from...
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Apr 19, 2021
Ingenuity's Team Reacts to Data Showing It Completed Its First Flight
Members of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter team in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
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Nov 15, 2002
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The modified F/A-18 being flown in the joint NASA/Air Force Active Aeroelastic Wing research program shows off its...
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Oct 7, 1994
Perseus B on lakebed before first flight
One of NASA's unmanned, remotely controlled aircraft, the Perseus B, is seen here before its first flight at the...
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Apr 19, 2021
Perseverance's Navcam View of Ingenuity's First Flight
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter achieves powered, controlled flight for the first time on another planet, hovering...
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May 17, 1997
X-36 Being Prepared on Lakebed for First Flight
As the sun creeps above the horizon of Rogers Dry Lake at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California,...
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May 17, 1997
X-36 Being Prepared on Lakebed for First Flight
Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
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May 17, 1997
X-36 Being Prepared on Lakebed for First Flight
Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
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May 17, 1997
X-36 Being Prepared on Lakebed for First Flight
Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
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Oct 28, 2025
X-59 First Flight B-Roll
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft had its first flight, ferrying from...
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Dec 20, 2023
First Controlled Flight of Mars Helicopter Prototype
This image shows a test flight of a full-scale prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The flight took place on...
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Nov 19, 2025
NASA’s X-59 Completes Historic First Flight
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025,...
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Oct 13, 2004
First Integrated Flight Simulation For STS 114
JSC2004-E-45138 (13 October 2004) --- Astronaut Stephen N. Frick monitors communications at the spacecraft...
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Aug 10, 2006
NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft undergoes pre-flight checks before performing the first flight of the Quiet Spike project
NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft undergoes pre-flight checks before performing the first flight of the Quiet Spike...
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Apr 18, 2004
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.
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Apr 18, 2004
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.
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Apr 18, 2004
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.
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Apr 18, 2004
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.
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Apr 18, 2004
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.
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