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NASA took a major step toward redefining high-speed flight on Nov. 16, 2004, when the X-43A – a small, experimental...
The X-2, initially an Air Force program, was scheduled to be transferred to the civilian National Advisory Committee...
The X-1E research aircraft provides a striking view at the entrance of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,...
The Dryden C-140 JetStar during testing of advanced propfan designs. Dryden conducted flight research in 1981-1982...
The modified F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) carries out air flow studies on a flight from the Dryden Flight...
NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale model completes its first major milestone –...
NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale model completes its first major milestone –...
The G-IV aircraft flies overhead in the Mojave Desert near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,...
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
Ice formed on the blades of a rotating rotor. In time the ice accumulation builds up and is then shed or spun off...
Dryden Flight Research Center's SR-71B Blackbird aircraft, NASA tail number 831, is destined for the Kalamazoo Air...
NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project, in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
Hugh Dryden (far left) presents the NACA Exceptional Service Medal award at the NACA High Speed Flight Station. He...
NASA ground crew prepares the agency’s F-15 research aircraft and Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow...
In 1947, the American rocket-powered X-1 experimental aircraft broke the sound barrier. X-1 team members from the...
NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research...
The Active Aeroelastic Wing F-18A lifts off on its first checkout flight November 15, 2002, from NASA's Dryden...
NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research...
NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research...
A white plate on the top of the wing of a restored National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) P-51D Mustang...
NASA ground crew prepares the agency’s F-15 research aircraft and Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow...