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NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane during a flyover of the Dryden...
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane during a flyover of the Dryden...
Two small Range Safety System antennas are located just behind the engine inlets of NASA's NF-15B research aircraft...
S84-27717 (11 Feb 1984) --- A chase plane gets a "front row" position to view the touchdown of the total landing...
NASA aircraft DC-9 microgravity plane performs it's first test parabolas over Lake Erie. This was photographed by...
PAO news release material for the 5th and final FF of the ALT series. Precise moment of separation captured by...
The back seat instrument panel on the NASA T-34C chase plane. In its role as a military trainer, the instructor...
S77-28649 (23 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" sits atop the NASA 747 carrier aircraft in a...
S77-28667 (23 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the North Base area of Edwards Air...
Against the midnight blue of a high-altitude sky, Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus winged rocket booster ignites after...
A chase plane view of the tufts on the KC-135 winglet. The use of tufts in flight research dates back to the early...
For most viewers, the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse will last less than two and half minutes. But for one team...
S66-24482 (16 March 1966) --- An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop an Atlas rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 14...
S82-28835 (30 March 1982) --- This unique view of the underside of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia was taken with...
S82-32204 (October 1982) --- NASA 947 and NASA 904, two aircraft stationed at Ellington Air Base for the Johnson...
Space Shuttle Endeavour is ferried by NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over the Johnson Space Center in...
S68-27365 (4 April 1968) --- The five F-1 engines of the huge Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle's first (S-IC) stage...
S77-28931 (12 Oct. 1977) --- The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft to begin its...
S82-28840 (30 March 1982) --- T-38 chase planes remain relatively close to the NASA reusable space shuttle Columbia...
S81-39564 (14 Nov. 1981) --- This view of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was made with a hand-held 70mm camera...
S77-28668 (23 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" approaches touchdown on the runway at Edwards Air...
S77-28209 (13 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lands on the desert at Edwards Air Force Base to...
S84-27154 (11 Feb 1984) --- The first Space Shuttle landing on the Kennedy Space Center?s landing facility was...
These people and this equipment supported the flight of the NACA D-558-2 Skyrocket at the High-Speed Flight Station...