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May 18, 2022
Horizontal Stabilator Install
Event: Horizontal Stabilator Install The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator manufacturing team installed the horizontal...
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Jul 15, 2013
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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory is fully loaded with seats and instrument racks in preparation for NASA's 2013 SEAC4RS...
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May 18, 2022
Horizontal Stabilator Install
Event: Horizontal Stabilator Install The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator manufacturing team installed the horizontal...
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Mar 16, 2007
Nils Larson
Nils Larson is a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif....
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Oct 13, 2021
UAVSAR Oil Slicks
An oil spill off the Southern California coast – first reported to the U.S. Coast Guard on Oct. 2, 2021 – prompted...
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Jan 5, 2023
Quesst Mission | X-59 Engine Inlet
The X-59 team working on the aircraft’s wiring around the engine inlet prior to the engine being installed. Once...
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Jan 5, 2023
Quesst Mission | X-59 Engine Inlet
This image shows the X-59’s engine inlet from the aft view, which is the rear of the airplane, looking forward. Once...
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May 10, 2023
X-59’s Cockpit Outfitted with Cameras for Pilot Data
A Go-Pro is mounted on the inside of the X-59’s cockpit to capture the pilots activities during flight.
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Jan 27, 2023
Lower Empennage Test Fit Install
Here is a close-up of the GE F414 engine, from the aft deck or rear, before the tail section of the X-59 is lifted...
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Mar 15, 2023
Engine Nozzle of NASA’s X-59
A look at the X-59’s engine nozzle, where the thrust -the force that moves the aircraft- will exit. Once complete,...
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May 10, 2023
Quesst Mission- NASA Test Piot Nils Larson Inspects X-59’s Cockpit
NASA test pilot, Nils Larson, inspects the X-59 cockpit displays and lighting system during system checkouts. The...
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Jan 14, 2008
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy touches down at Moffett Field, Calif., for its first visit to NASA Ames Research Center, Jan. 14, 2008
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy touches down at Moffett Field, Calif., for its first visit...
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Jan 14, 2008
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory includes (from left), Ulli Lampater Marty Trout, Bill Brockett Andres Reinacher and Frank Batteas.
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory and DLR telescope engineers who operated the system during its...
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Nov 12, 2008
Scientists carefully examine data being received during nighttime line operations testing of the SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope
Scientists carefully examine data being received during nighttime line operations testing of the SOFIA airborne...
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Jan 14, 2008
NASA's new SOFIA observatory shared the ramp with its predecessor, the now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory, during open house at NASA Ames Research Center
NASA's new SOFIA observatory shared the ramp with its predecessor, the now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory,...
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Nov 12, 2008
he SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage during nighttime line operations testing
he SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
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Jan 14, 2008
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory taxis past Hangar 1, the 1930s-era dirigible hangar at Moffett Field, during its first visit to NASA Ames Research Center
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory taxis past Hangar 1, the 1930s-era dirigible hangar at Moffett Field, during its...
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Jan 14, 2008
NASA's now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory shared the limelight with its successor, the SOFIA observatory, during an open house at Ames Research Center
NASA's now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory shared the limelight with its successor, the SOFIA observatory,...
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Jan 14, 2008
Thousands of NASA Ames employees and their families toured NASA's SOFIA flying observatory during its first visit to NASA Ames Research Center, Jan. 14, 2008
Thousands of NASA Ames employees and their families toured NASA's SOFIA flying observatory during its first visit to...
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Feb 11, 2025
NASA Test Pilot Exits X-59 Cockpit After Electromagnetic Interference Testing
NASA test pilot Jim Less prepares to exit the cockpit of the quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft in between...
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Nov 12, 2008
The SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage during nighttime line operations testing
The SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
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Oct 27, 2025
Excitement for NASA’s X-59 First Flight
A sign at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, reads “GO X-59” ahead of the agency’s...
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Oct 28, 2025
NASA Aeronautics and Center Leadership Observe X-59’s First Flight
NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong...
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Oct 28, 2025
NASA Aeronautics and Center Leadership Observe X-59’s First Flight
NASA Aeronautics and center leadership gather inside the viewing area of the main control room at NASA’s Armstrong...
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