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Air flow testing on aerodynamic truck
Air flow testing on aerodynamic truck
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center conducted its first formation flight with the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic...
A model of the X-66 aircraft with a wingspan of almost 6 feet was placed in the 12-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel at...
A model of the X-66 aircraft with a wingspan of almost 6 feet was placed in the 12-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel at...
Instrumentation technicians perform installation measures on the trans-sonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) model in NASA...
The streamers on the Prandtl-D No. 2 as it is launched illustrate how aerodynamic forces are maximized as birds...
David Lee, Golda Nguyen and Scott Gleason recover the Prandtl-D No. 3 after one of its first flights.
The Prandtl-D No. 3 research aircraft is being readied for new flight tests this summer. It had its first flight on...
Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D1, will be displayed in an upcoming Innovations...
Technicians attach the tail cone, which helps reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence during its ferry flight, to the...
Technicians attach the tail cone, which helps reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence during its ferry flight, to the...
The Ultra 500 Series golf balls, introduced in 1995 by Wilson Sporting Goods Company, has 500 dimples arranged in a...
NASA's single-seat F-16XL makes a drag chute landing at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The...
NASA's single-seat F-16XL makes a drag chute landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave...
A model of the General Dynamics YF-16 Fighting Falcon in the test section of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery makes its way in darkness along the access road to the Shuttle...
The Perseus A, a remotely-piloted, high-altitude research vehicle, is seen just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery is towed along the access road to the Shuttle Landing Facility, or...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A team of aerospace technicians accompanies space shuttle Discovery as it is towed for the...
NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, arrives by cargo truck at Vandenberg...
This is an artist's conception of the sequence of events that will take place just prior to landing a life-detection...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space Shuttle Discovery’s move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Shuttle Landing...
NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, arrives by cargo truck at Vandenberg...