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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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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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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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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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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 Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight 
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Feb 26, 2025

NASA Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight 

NASA test pilot Nils Larson inspects the agency’s F-15D research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...

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NASA image: NASA Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight 
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Feb 26, 2025

NASA Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight 

NASA test pilot Nils Larson inspects the agency’s F-15D research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...

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NASA image: Apollo Lunar Landing Research FacilityLunar landing test of LEM at LLRF Lunar Landing Research Facility: A NASA Langley research pilot  flies  a lunar lander in a test conducted in the Lunar Landing Research Facility.Lunar landing test of LEM at LLRF Lunar Landing Research Facility: A NASA Langley research pilot  flies  a lunar lander in a test conducted in the Lunar Landing Research Facility.
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Nov 15, 1967

Apollo Lunar Landing Research FacilityLunar landing test of LEM at LLRF Lunar Landing Research Facility: A NASA Langley research pilot flies a lunar lander in a test conducted in the Lunar Landing Research Facility.Lunar landing test of LEM at LLRF Lunar Landing Research Facility: A NASA Langley research pilot flies a lunar lander in a test conducted in the Lunar Landing Research Facility.

Lunar landing test of LEM at LLRF Lunar Landing Research Facility: A NASA Langley research pilot flies a lunar...

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NASA image: Meet Suni Williams, Pilot of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test
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Jun 5, 2024

Meet Suni Williams, Pilot of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams is the pilot of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. She is a veteran of...

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NASA image: Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Integration of Automated Systems Simulation Test
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May 18, 2023

Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Integration of Automated Systems Simulation Test

NASA software developer, Ethan Williams, left, pilot Scott Howe, and operations test consultant Jan Scofield run a...

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NASA image: Craig R. Bomben
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Jun 19, 2001

Craig R. Bomben

Craig R. Bomben became a pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.,...

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NASA image: NASA Test Flights Examine Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence on Sonic Booms
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Jul 20, 2016

NASA Test Flights Examine Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence on Sonic Booms

NASA pilot Nils Larson, and flight test engineer and pilot Wayne Ringelberg, head for a mission debrief after flying...

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NASA image: Hydrazine Test
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Feb 7, 2022

Hydrazine Test

NASA test pilot Nils Larson lowers the canopy of the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft during ground tests at...

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NASA image: NASA F/A-18 Towed At Sunrise for Flight
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Jul 31, 2020

NASA F/A-18 Towed At Sunrise for Flight

A NASA F/A-18 is towed to the apron at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California during sunrise...

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NASA image: AirVenture 2022
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Jul 29, 2022

AirVenture 2022

NASA panelists appear at special panel titled “The Next Bold Step: The Future of Space Flight and Aerospace,” on...

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NASA image: AirVenture 2022
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Jul 29, 2022

AirVenture 2022

NASA panelists appear at special panel titled “The Next Bold Step: The Future of Space Flight and Aerospace,” on...

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NASA image: NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton checked out how the PCA software worked in the multi-engine simulator at NASA Ames before fight-testing PCA in an MD-11.
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Oct 11, 1994

NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton checked out how the PCA software worked in the multi-engine simulator at NASA Ames before fight-testing PCA in an MD-11.

NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton checked out how the PCA software worked in the multi-engine simulator at NASA...

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NASA image: Scaled Composites' Doug Shane examines the screen of his ground control station during tests in New Mexico. Shane used this configuration as the ground control station to remotely pilot the Proteus aircraft during a NASA sponsored series of tests.
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Mar 13, 2002

Scaled Composites' Doug Shane examines the screen of his ground control station during tests in New Mexico. Shane used this configuration as the ground control station to remotely pilot the Proteus aircraft during a NASA sponsored series of tests.

Scaled Composites' Doug Shane examines the screen of his ground control station during tests in New Mexico. Shane...

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NASA image: ED14-0341-25
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Nov 13, 2014

ED14-0341-25

The Ikhana remotely piloted aircraft captured real-time video when the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 mission...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Completes 'Aluminum Bird' Test
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May 7, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Completes 'Aluminum Bird' Test

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed its “aluminum bird” systems test at Lockheed...

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