YRF-84F aircraft on ramp. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
This mid-1950s photo shows the YRF-84F on the NACA ramp. The YRF-84F was a prototype of a photo reconnaissance aircraft. It was fitted with a new nose and swept wings from earlier versions of the F-84. A YRF-84... More
X-2 on Transportation Dolly. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
This 1952 photograph shows the X-2 #2 aircraft mounted on a special transportation dolly at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The dolly was steerable and was used for transporting the X-2 around and for towin... More
Hyper III and M2-F2 models on lakebed with radio controlled Mothership
Flight Research Center and Dryden Flight Research Center engineer R. Dale Reed has long used free-flight models to test new concepts. This photo from 1963 shows two different models of the M2-F2 (one under the ... More
Radio controlled mothership, Hyper III, and M2-F2 models on lakebed wi...
left to right: Richard C. Eldredge, Dale Reed, James O. Newman, Bob McDonald with the mothership (top) and other models. Over the years, the Dryden Flight Research Center and its predecessors has flown various ... More
X-24B with Test Pilot Tom McMurtry
In this 1975 photo, research pilot Thomas C. McMurtry stands in front of the X-24B on Rogers Dry lake, adjacent to the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. A former U.S. Navy pilot and graduate of ... More
F-8 DFBW on-board electronics. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
The Apollo hardware jammed into the F-8C. The computer is partially visible in the avionics bay at the top of the fuselage behind the cockpit. Note the display and keyboard unit in the gun bay. To carry the com... More
B-747 in Flight during Vortex Study
In this 1974 NASA Flight Research Center photograph, a Boeing B-747 jetliner is shown taking part in the trailing wake vortex study. In the photograph, the two wing tip vortex trails, being the strongest, stay ... More
Mate-Demate Device (MDD) platform on 40ft level that replaced stairs i...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
STS-2 Columbia in Mate-Demate Device (MDD), looking west at facility f...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Establishing view, looking southeast, of NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device ...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More
Load test of brake system - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Main Hoist Control Operator Station of NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (M...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More
Mini-Sniffer II in Flight. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
This photograph shows the second Mini-Sniffer undergoing flight testing over Rogers Dry Lake in Edwards, California. This version of the Mini-Sniffer lacked the canard of the original version and had wing tips ... More
NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) view from 80 foot level, looking ea...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More
View from Helicopter of STS-128 Discovery in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
DAST in Flight just after Structural Failure of Right Wing
Two BQM-34 Firebee II drones were modified with supercritical airfoils, called the Aeroelastic Research Wing (ARW), for the Drones for Aerodynamic and Structural Testing (DAST) program, which ran from 1977 to 1... More
AD-1 cockpit and instrument panel
This is a photo of the cockpit and instrument panel of the AD-1 aircraft. Due to the small size of the AD-1, instrumentation was limited and the cockpit was cramped. The Ames-Dryden-1 (AD-1) aircraft was design... More
X-29 at High Angle of Attack. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
This photo shows the X-29 during a 1991 research flight. Smoke generators in the nose of the aircraft were used to help researchers see the behavior of the air flowing over the aircraft. The smoke here is demon... More
STS-76 Landing - Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands at Edwards Air Force Bas...
The space shuttle Atlantis touches down on the runway at Edwards, California, at approximately 5:29 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on 31 March 1996 after completing the highly successful STS-76 mission to deliver A... More
Shuttle Atlantis Landing at Edwards
The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at 3:35 p.m. PST on 6 December 1988 at NASA's then Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility at the conclusion of the STS-27 Department of Defense mission. Landing took place ... More
NASA Perseus, Dryden history gallery
EC99-45152-4The long, slender wing of the Perseus B remotely piloted research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo, taken on the ramp of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in September 1999. September 199... More
Perseus A, Part of the ERAST Program, in Flight
The Perseus A remotely-piloted research vehicle flies low over Rogers Dry Lake on its maiden voyage Dec. 21, 1993, at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The Perseus, designed and built by A... More
Computer generated image of Apex high-altitude research sailplane in f...
This computer-generated image depicts the current design concept of the Apex high-altitude research aircraft being developed by Advanced Soaring Concepts (ASC) for NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sen... More
X-38: Plywood Mockup of Aft End Used for Flight Termination System Par...
This photo shows a plywood mockup of the X-38's aft end, minus vertical stabilizers, mounted on a truck for an economical test of the X-38's Flight Termination System (FTS) on December 19, 1996, at NASA Dryden ... More
X-38 Arrival at NASA Dryden on June 4, 1997
expected to be 30 feet long. The X-38 project is a joint effort between the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas (JSC), Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia (LaRC) and Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwar... More
ERAST Program Proteus Aircraft in Flight
The unusual design of the Proteus high-altitude aircraft, incorporating a gull-wing shape for its main wing and a long, slender forward canard, is clearly visible in this view of the aircraft in flight over the... More
Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert
The San Gabriel range is visible as the the remotely piloted Altus II flies over Southern California's high desert. The Altus II was flown as a performance and propulsion testbed for future high-altitude scienc... More
Altus I aircraft on lakebed. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
The remotely-piloted Altus I aircraft climbs away after takeoff from Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. The short series of test flights sponsored by the Naval Pos... More
ERAST Program Proteus Aircraft Taking Off from Mojave Airport in Mojav...
The uniquely-shaped Proteus high-altitude research aircraft lifts off from the runway at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, California. In the Proteus Project, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Californ... More
LASRE pod being mated to SR-71. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
The addition of the Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) pod to NASA's SR-71, tail number 844, added seven tons to the aircraft. This Feb. 15, 1996 photo of the pod's fit-check at the Lockheed Martin Skunkwor... More
NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews pos...
NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a spectacular flight of the X-38 prototype for a crew recovery vehicle that may be built for the International ... More
NASA KingAir #801 during takeoff
NASA KingAir N801NA during takeoff. The Beechcraft Beech 200 Super KingAir aircraft N7NA, known as NASA 7, has been a support aircraft for many years, flying "shuttle" missions to Ames Research Center. It once ... More
The Helios Prototype flying wing stretches almost the full length of t...
The Helios Prototype flying wing stretches almost the full length of the 300-foot-long hangar at NASA's Dryden flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The 247-foot span solar-powered aircraft, resting on i... More
A B-52H, tail number 61-0025, arrives at NASA's Dryden Flight Research...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, received an "H" model B-52 Stratofortress aircraft on July 30, 2001. The B-52H will be used as an air-launch aircraft supporting NASA's flight research a... More
Shuttle Discovery on the Runway at Edwards Air Force Base in Californi...
The sun rises on the Space Shuttle Discovery as it rests on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, after a safe landing August 9, 2005 to complete the STS-114 mission. Space Shuttle Discovery landed ... More
The Boilerplate Orion Crew Module Undergoes Moment-of-Inertia Testing.
Photo Description The boilerplate Orion crew module for the Orion Launch Abort System Pad Abort-1 flight test undergoes moment-of-inertia testing. Project Description NASA Dryden Flight Research Center has a cr... More
Aerial photo of NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility
The concrete aircraft parking and taxiway facilities loom prominently in an aerial photograph of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, located on the northwest edge of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Californ... More
F-16XL ship #1 outboard rake #7
This photo shows the #7 outboard rake on the left wing of NASA's single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) used for the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamic Project (CAWAP) at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. T... More
Theseus Assembly Sequence #3, NASA history collection
The Theseus prototype research aircraft being assembled at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, in May of 1996. The Theseus aircraft, built and operated by Aurora Flight Sciences Corporati... More
LSRA with Shuttle main gear. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
A space shuttle landing gear system is visible between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA). The space shuttle landing gear test unit,... More
Pathfinder on lakebed preparing for test flight
Support crew are shown preparing the Pathfinder solar-powered aircraft on Rogers Dry Lake at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Pathfinder was a lightweight, solar-powered, remotely pilo... More
X-34 being towed by the Mobile Operations Module during navigational t...
Following initial captive flight tests last year at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, the X-34 technology demonstrator began a new series of tests last week in which it i... More
STS-92 - Orbiter in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at sunrise with Shuttle C...
The early-morning Sun bathes the Space Shuttle Discovery in hues of purple, pink and gold as it is encased in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. The gan... More
F-18 HARV on ground during engine run showing thrust vectoring
The exhaust plume from the left engine of NASA's F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) is deflected upward by the paddle-like vanes of the aircraft's thrust vectoring system during an early morning "hot loads... More
The upper wing surfaces of the Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 test air...
The upper wing surfaces of the Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 test aircraft are covered with accelerometers and other sensors during ground vibration tests at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. An electro-mech... More
F-18 SRA with Smart Skin Antenna replacing right tail fin end cap
The right vertical stabilizer of NASA's F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft now sports a green fiberglass end cap. A new "Smart Skin" antenna mounted inside the cap showed remarkable results in its first flight te... More
NASA Ikhana, Dryden history gallery
ED09-0242-66 NASA pilots Troy Asher and Hernan Posada fly the agency's Predator B Ikhana from its ground control station at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The remotely pi... More
NASA Beechcraft KingAir, Dryden history gallery
ED08-0141-21 NASA's Beechcraft King Air N7NA mission support aircraft soars over the compass rose on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. June 18, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & Read ... More
X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator
EC95-43114-4 The right wing of the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft is seen here being put into a shipping container May 18, 1995, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, ... More
NASA Theseus, Dryden history gallery
EC96-43591-1The Theseus prototype research aircraft takes off for its first test flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, on May 24,1996. May 1996 NASA Photo / Dennis Taylor NASA I... More
X-34 Technology Testbed Demonstrator
EC00-0226-21 Following initial captive flight tests last year at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, the X-34 technology demonstrator began a new series of tests last week ... More
X-38 Photography during Vehicle drop test
X-38 Photography during Vehicle drop test at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) during the week of June 25 - June 29, 2001. View of Brian L. Anderson posing with X-38 in the background (02006 thru 02007); U... More
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center (KSC-2012-200...
The newly arrived Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is framed by a grappling fixture on the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as an SCA, ar... More
Miscellaneous: EC03-0163-16 The mural was created...
EC03-0163-16 The mural was created to celebrate the achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright and to commemorate a century of powered flight. Central to the composition is the 1903 Wright Flyer. ''On Dec. 17, 1... More
NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2
A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The photo includes the X-3 (in ... More
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden seated at desk
As a very young undergraduate Student at Johns Hopkins University Hugh L. Dryden proved himself especially gifted in physics and mathematics and began advanced study with Professor Joseph Ames, an important fig... More
NACA Aircraft in hangar 1953 - L-R: Three D-558-2s, D-558-1, B-47, win...
The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards Air Force Base showed the wide range of research activities being undertaken. On the lef... More
At NASA Dryden, Aerospace industry representatives view actual and moc...
Aerospace industry representatives view actual and mock-up versions of 'X-Planes' intended to enhance access to space during a technical exposition on June 22, 2000 at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Ca... More
NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full side view looking northwest, s...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More
B-52 Launch Aircraft in Flight. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
NASA's venerable B-52 mothership is seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft. The X-43 adapter is visible attached to the right wing. The B-52, used for launching experimental aircraft and for other... More
NASA M2-F2, Dryden history gallery
EC66-1567 The M2-F2 Lifting Body returns from a research flight at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, with an F-104 flying chase. The success of Dryden's M2-F1 program led to NASA's de... More
NASA HL-10, Dryden history gallery
ECN-2353The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. The liftin... More
X-38 Ship #2 in Free Flight after Release from B-52 Mothership
The X-38 research vehicle drops away from NASA's B-52 mothership immediately after being released from the B-52's wing pylon. More than 30 years earlier, this same B-52 launched the original lifting-body vehicl... More
HL-10 Landing with F-104 Chase Aircraft
ECN-2367 HL-10 touches down on its main landing gear, while the pilot was holding the nose up to slow the vehicle. The F-104 in the background was used as a chase plane. Its pilot would give the HL-10's pilot c... More
View from Helicopter of STS-128 Discovery in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Night time shots of Mate-Demate Device (MDD) with all the lights on (e...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Dawn Shots of shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Shuttle and 747 in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD)
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Front detail view of STS-125 Atlantis in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) over...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
NASA DFRC Mate-Demate Device (MDD) full front view looking northeast
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographer: Tom Tschida Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to t... More
The orbiter Columbia sits on Rogers Drylake Runway 23 at NASA's Dryden...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More
STS-36 Shuttle in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) Close-up
A close-up, front view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) as technicians work to prepare the orbiter for its ferry flight from NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later, the ... More
Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert
The San Gabriel range is visible as the the remotely piloted Altus II flies over Southern California's high desert. The Altus II was flown as a performance and propulsion testbed for future high-altitude scienc... More
Miscellaneous: EC03-0163-15 Artists Bob and Louise...
EC03-0163-15 Artists Bob and Louise McCall in their Paradise Valley, Arizona studio, in front of ''Celebrating One Hundred Years of Powered Flight 1903-2003.'' The mural was created to celebrate the achievement... More
LASRE pod being mated to SR-71. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
The Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment is mounted on a NASA SR-71 aircraft Aug. 26, at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, in preparation for the experiment's first flight, which took pl... More
A convoy of specialized support vehicles follow the Space Shuttle Ende...
A convoy of specialized support vehicles follow the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it is towed up a taxiway at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, California, after landing on May 1, 200... More
NASA Orion Crew Module, Dryden history gallery
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center technicians accompany NASA's first Orion full-scale abort flight test crew module as it heads to it's new home. April 1, 2008 NASA / Tony Landis ED08-0085-111 NASA Identifier:... More
The X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booste...
The first of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket recently underwent combined systems testing while mounted to NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft at the Dryden Flight Res... More
LSRA in flight, NASA history collection
A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), in flight over NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, for a test of the space shuttle landing gear system. The space sh... More
Pathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude re...
The Pathfinder solar-powered remotely piloted aircraft climbs to a record-setting altitude of 50,567 feet during a flight Sept. 11, 1995, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The flight... More
Bob Meyer (right), acting deputy director of NASA Dryden, shakes hands...
Bob Meyer (on the right), acting deputy director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, shakes hands with Les Bordelon, executive director of Edwards Air Force Base. The handshake represe... More
Enterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747
The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) during one of five free flights carried out at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, C... More
The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator is suspended under a U.S. A...
The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator is suspended under a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter during a captive-carry test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The capt... More
X-36 in Flight over Mojave Desert - Public domain map
28-percent scale representation of a theoretical advanced fighter aircraft. The Boeing Phantom Works (formerly McDonnell Douglas) in St. Louis, Missouri, built two of the vehicles in a cooperative agreement wit... More
F-18 SRA during flight. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), a highly modified F-18 jet fighter, is seen here during a recent research flight. The former Navy aircraft is being flown by ... More
F-18 HARV smoke and tuft vortex flow visualization along leading edge ...
Flow visualization smoke marks vortex flows along the leading edge extension on an F/A-18 flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, in its High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) program. T... More
Hyper-X Vehicle Model - Top Rear View
This aft-quarter model view of NASA's X-43A "Hyper-X" or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle shows its sleek, geometric design. The X-43A was developed to flight test a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet propulsion system a... More
Pegasus Rocket Wing and PHYSX Glove Being Prepared for Stress Loads Te...
A technician adjusts the Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project's Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove before a loads-test at Scaled Composites, Inc., in Mojave, California, in January 1997. For... More
F-18 HARV in flight refueling with KC-135 tanker
A thrust vectoring system can be seen mounted on the aft end of this NASA F-18 research aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, during an inflight refueling stop with a KC-135A (Seri... More
X-36 Being Prepared on Lakebed for First Flight
Lit by the rays of the morning sunrise on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, a technician prepares the remotely-piloted X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Researc... More
Hyper-X Vehicle Model - Side View
A side-view of an early desk-top model of NASA's X-43A "Hyper-X," or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, which has been developed to flight test a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet propulsion system at speeds from Mach 7 ... More
NASA Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW), Dryden history gallery
EC03-0174-1 The Active Aeroelastic Wing F-18 research aircraft (AAW) is shadowed by another F-18 in formation during a flyover of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Read Project Description June 25, 2003 N... More
NASA L-1011 Tristar, Dryden history gallery
EC97-44077-3 Bearing the logos of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Orbital Sciences Corporation, Orbital's L-1011 Tristar lifts off the Meadows Field Runway at Bakersfield, California, on i... More
Aeronautical Research Engineer Milt Thompson computing data
Milton O. Thompson was hired as an engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' High-Speed Flight Station (later renamed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Researc... More
NASA Aircraft Fleet 1960s, Dryden history gallery
ECN-2359 The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. The lifti... More
NASA A-5A Vigilante, Dryden history gallery
ECN-231 A North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante (Navy serial number 147858/NASA tail number 858) arrived from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD, on December 19, 1962, at the NASA Flight Research Ce... More
R4D Parked on Ramp, NASA history collection
This Photograph taken in 1956 shows the first of three R4D Skytrain aircraft on the ramp behind the NACA High-Speed Flight Station. NACA stood for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which evolved ... More
Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit
NASA pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here in the cockpit of the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. A U.S. Navy pilot in the Korean War who flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2 jet fighters and who was awa... More
Three Lifting Bodies on Lakebed (X-24A, M2-F3, HL-10)
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10.The lifting body ai... More