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NASA image: Microgravity
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Jan 1, 1999

Microgravity

Gerard M. Faeth, University of Michigan, principal investigator in combustion science experiments, including...

MSFC
NASA image: AFRC2017-0037-01
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Feb 17, 2017

AFRC2017-0037-01

The Swept Wing Laminar Flow test article, integrated to the underside of a NASA F-15, will examine the effectiveness...

AFRC
NASA image: AFRC2016-0356-08
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Nov 22, 2016

AFRC2016-0356-08

Testing different configurations of distributed roughness elements on the Swept Wing Laminar Flow test article, seen...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design
Image
Jan 29, 2026

NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies on a NASA F-15 research jet during...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow control experiment in this 1993 photo.
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Mar 3, 1993

NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow control experiment in this 1993 photo.

NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow...

AFRC
NASA image: AFRC2016-0364-11
Image
Dec 1, 2016

AFRC2016-0364-11

NASA’s F-15 research test bed will expose the Swept Wing Laminar Flow test article to speeds up to Mach 2, matching...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design
Image
Jan 29, 2026

NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design
Image
Jan 29, 2026

NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15...

AFRC
NASA image: Microgravity
Image
Jan 1, 1997

Microgravity

Image taken during a ground based investigation of a methane-fueled laminar flame surrounded by co-flowing air. The...

MSFC
NASA image: NASA Completes High-Speed Taxi Test of Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow Technology
Image
Jan 13, 2026

NASA Completes High-Speed Taxi Test of Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow Technology

NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale model completes its first major milestone –...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Completes High-Speed Taxi Test of Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow Technology
Image
Jan 13, 2026

NASA Completes High-Speed Taxi Test of Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow Technology

NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale model completes its first major milestone –...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Wing Model Mounted Under F-15 for High-Speed Taxi Test
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Jan 13, 2026

NASA Wing Model Mounted Under F-15 for High-Speed Taxi Test

NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Wing Model Mounted Under F-15 for High-Speed Taxi Test
Image
Jan 13, 2026

NASA Wing Model Mounted Under F-15 for High-Speed Taxi Test

NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Wing Model Mounted Under F-15 for High-Speed Taxi Test
Image
Jan 13, 2026

NASA Wing Model Mounted Under F-15 for High-Speed Taxi Test

NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research...

AFRC
NASA image: Microgravity
Image
Oct 4, 2001

Microgravity

Professor Gerard M. Faeth, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Arn Arbor, MI, is a...

MSFC
NASA image: GRC-2006-C-00499
Image
Mar 12, 2002

GRC-2006-C-00499

Super Large Droplet (SLD) icing test on a 36 foot cord Natural Laminar Flow wing shape

GRC
NASA image: F-14 VSTFE
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Apr 11, 1986

F-14 VSTFE

NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, seen here in flight, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the...

AFRC
NASA image: F-14 VSTFE - gloves #1 and #2
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Apr 22, 1987

F-14 VSTFE - gloves #1 and #2

NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, seen here in flight, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the...

AFRC
NASA image: F-16XL Refuels In-Flight
Image
May 13, 1996

F-16XL Refuels In-Flight

An F-16XL refuels in-flight. Only two XLs were built, and NASA eventually operated both for experimental purposes,...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Ground Crew Prepares Wing Model Ahead of High-Speed Taxi Test
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Jan 13, 2026

NASA Ground Crew Prepares Wing Model Ahead of High-Speed Taxi Test

NASA ground crew prepares the agency’s F-15 research aircraft and Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA Ground Crew Prepares Wing Model Ahead of High-Speed Taxi Test
Image
Jan 13, 2026

NASA Ground Crew Prepares Wing Model Ahead of High-Speed Taxi Test

NASA ground crew prepares the agency’s F-15 research aircraft and Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow...

AFRC
NASA image: EC97-44293-1
Image
Sep 29, 1997

EC97-44293-1

Four different versions of the F-16 were used by Dryden in the 1990s. On the left and right sides are two F-16XLs....

AFRC
NASA image: USMP-4 MGBX ELF, Doi and Lindsey with glovebox experiment
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Nov 29, 1997

USMP-4 MGBX ELF, Doi and Lindsey with glovebox experiment

STS087-330-009 (19 November – 5 December 1997) --- Astronauts Takao Doi (left) and Steven W. Lindsey check out the...

JSC
NASA image: ARC-1945-A-7120
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Feb 6, 1945

ARC-1945-A-7120

North American P-51B 'Mustang' fighter in flight over bay area. The P-51 with its new laminar-flow wing sections...

ARC
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