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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson reaches for a hug from his wife after completing the X-59’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Exits Aircraft After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Exits Aircraft After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson steps out of the X-59 cockpit after completing the aircraft’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Exits Aircraft After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Exits Aircraft After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson steps out of the X-59 cockpit after completing the aircraft’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson reaches for a hug from his wife after completing the X-59’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Exits Aircraft After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Exits Aircraft After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson steps out of the X-59 cockpit after completing the aircraft’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson reaches for a hug from his wife after completing the X-59’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson reaches for a hug from his wife after completing the X-59’s first flight on Tuesday,...

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NASA image: Impact Test of a NACA-Designed Pilot Seat and Harness
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Feb 23, 1955

Impact Test of a NACA-Designed Pilot Seat and Harness

This time-lapse photograph shows the test of a pilot seat and restraint designed by researchers at the National...

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NASA image: Test Pilot Sits in X-59 Cockpit Prior to First Engine Run
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Oct 30, 2024

Test Pilot Sits in X-59 Cockpit Prior to First Engine Run

Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan “Dog” Canin sits in the cockpit of NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft in...

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NASA image: F-8 SCW on ramp with test pilot Tom McMurtry
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Dec 20, 1972

F-8 SCW on ramp with test pilot Tom McMurtry

A Vought F-8A Crusader was selected by NASA as the testbed aircraft (designated TF-8A) to install an experimental...

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NASA image: NASA pilot Ed Lewis (rear) briefs NASA test pilot Dick Ewers on the flight instruments of NASA's YO-3A acoustics research aircraft prior to a checkout flight.
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Oct 29, 2004

NASA pilot Ed Lewis (rear) briefs NASA test pilot Dick Ewers on the flight instruments of NASA's YO-3A acoustics research aircraft prior to a checkout flight.

NASA pilot Ed Lewis (rear) briefs NASA test pilot Dick Ewers on the flight instruments of NASA's YO-3A acoustics...

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NASA image: Joseph A. Walker after X-15 flight #2-14-28
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Mar 30, 1961

Joseph A. Walker after X-15 flight #2-14-28

Joseph A. Walker was a Chief Research Pilot at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center during the mid-1960s. He...

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NASA image: Test Pilot Dan Canin Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft
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Dec 12, 2023

Test Pilot Dan Canin Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft

Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan “Dog” Canin poses with the newly-painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed...

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NASA image: NASA Test Pilots Pose with X-59 Research Aircraft
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Dec 12, 2023

NASA Test Pilots Pose with X-59 Research Aircraft

NASA test pilots Nils Larson (left) and Jim “Clue” Less (right) pose with the newly-painted X-59 as it sits on the...

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NASA image: NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft
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Dec 12, 2023

NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft

NASA test pilot Nils Larson poses with the newly-painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works...

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NASA image: NASA Test Pilot Jim Less Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft
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Dec 12, 2023

NASA Test Pilot Jim Less Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft

NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less poses with the newly-painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk...

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NASA image: STS-55 Commander Nagel and Pilot Henricks participate in KSC preflight tests
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Nov 4, 1992

STS-55 Commander Nagel and Pilot Henricks participate in KSC preflight tests

S93-29830 (4 Nov 1992) --- Inside the Spacelab D-2 module in the Operations and Checkout Building high bay, STS-55...

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Dec 12, 2023

NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft

NASA test pilot Nils Larson poses with the newly-painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works...

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NASA image: NASA Test Pilot Jim Less Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft
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Dec 12, 2023

NASA Test Pilot Jim Less Poses with X-59 Research Aircraft

NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less poses with the newly-painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk...

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NASA image: John B. McKay after X-15 flight #3-27-44
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Mar 13, 1964

John B. McKay after X-15 flight #3-27-44

John B. McKay was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASA's Flight Research...

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NASA image: Bridenstine practices flight in X-57 Simulator for NASA's Experimental All-Electric Aircraft
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Aug 28, 2018

Bridenstine practices flight in X-57 Simulator for NASA's Experimental All-Electric Aircraft

NASA Administrator Bridenstine tests the X-57 "Maxwell" simulator at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. The...

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NASA image: Bridenstine practices flight in X-57 Simulator for NASA's Experimental All-Electric Aircraft
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Aug 28, 2018

Bridenstine practices flight in X-57 Simulator for NASA's Experimental All-Electric Aircraft

NASA Administrator Bridenstine tests the X-57 "Maxwell" simulator at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. The...

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NASA image: NASA Leadership Gather Around X-59 After First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA Leadership Gather Around X-59 After First Flight

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his...

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NASA image: NASA Leadership Gather Around X-59 After First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA Leadership Gather Around X-59 After First Flight

NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his...

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