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The F-18 simulator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Simulators offer a safe and...
Justin Link, left, pilot for small uncrewed aircraft systems, and Justin Hall, chief pilot for small uncrewed...
The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) aircraft eclipsed the sun during a flight...
Jose “Manny” Rodriguez, technical engineer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,...
The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, attached to a modified Pegasus booster rocket, was taken to launch...
A team of experts prepares the ER-2 aircraft at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California for the GSFC...
Researchers test a 10-foot Mock Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California....
The Perseus B remotely piloted aircraft approaches the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. at the conclusion of...
The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) aircraft takes off from Edwards Air Force...
NASA pilot Tracy Phelps inspects the Gulfstream G-III aircraft on Friday, March 27, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
Scott Erickson, left, a quality assurance inspector, and Manny Rodriguez, Gulfstream G-III crew chief, prepare the...
Matthew Sanchez attaches the strut and the wing to ensure they fit together as intended for a 10-foot model of the...
NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell aircraft undergoes high voltage ground testing at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research...
Rocky Radcliff, Kevin Hall, and Herman “Chico” Rijfkogel stand in front of NASA’s DC-8 aircraft at the agency’s...
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over Southern California's high desert during the ferry flight...
Orville, NASA’s high-flying squirrel, finds mischief onboard the DC-8 aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research...
Aaron Rumsey and Beto Hinojos carefully add weight to a 6-foot model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s...
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft in flight during the ferry flight to its new home at the...
X-14B NASA-704: A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-lift VTOL aircraft over Highway 101 in approach...
A jury strut adaptor is created for a 10-foot model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
Approaching the runway after the first evaluation flight of the Quiet Spike project, NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft...
A milling machine drills holes in the strut frame assembly for a 10-foot model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing at...
The MicroCub is the newest addition to NASA Armstrong's fleet of subscale research aircraft. The aircraft is a...
Matthew Sanchez assembles wing ribs for a 10-foot model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s Armstrong...