GraphicsNASA has conducted the Adaptive Performance Optimization experiment aboard Orbital Sciences Corporation's Lockheed L-1011-100. The program was developed by engineers...The LLRVs, humorously referred to as "flying bedsteads," were created by a predecessor of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center to...During the week of June 23, 1997, LoFLYTE™ made three successful flights at Edwards Air Force Base under the direction...In 1962, FRC Director Paul Bikle approved a program to build a lightweight, unpowered lifting body as a prototype to...You're flying a large transport plane carrying hundreds of passengers and instantly you are unable to control the airplane -...Robert McCall's 2003 "Celebrating One Hundred Years of Powered Flight" mural graces the entrance of NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center's...Robert McCall's 2003 "Celebrating One Hundred Years of Powered Flight" mural graces the entrance of NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center's...The first flight of the M2-F2 - which looked much like the M2-F1 - occurred on July 12, 1966 with...NASA's B-52B launch aircraft, operated by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, participated in some of the most significant projects...An OV-1C Mohawk, serial #67-15932, was used in a joint NASA/US Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity (USAAEFA) program to study...A North American P-51D Mustang (the P meaning pursuit), redesignated as an F-51 Mustang (with the F standing for fighter),...A Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche, known as NASA 808, was used at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center as a...The Paresev was unpowered, the "fuselage" an open framework fabricated of welded 4130 steel tubing referred to as a "space...The Pathfinder is a lightweight, solar-powered, remotely piloted flying wing aircraft that is demonstrating the technology of applying solar power...The Pathfinder was a lightweight, solar-powered, remotely piloted flying wing aircraft that demonstrated the technology of applying solar power for...Imagine a new breed of aircraft that could travel 3750 mph (at sea level) and make a trip from Los...For over six decades NACA and NASA pilots have conducted flight research missions at what is now knows as NASA...A Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) underwent limited ground and flight tests at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California,...In the early 1980s, a Schweizer SGS 1-36 sailplane was modified for the NASA controlled, deep-stall flight program. The aircraft...During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research at...During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research at...During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research at...During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research at...During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research at...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Between the first launch on April 12, 1981, and the final landing on July 21, 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle fleet...Armstrong's mission support T-34C aircraft accompanies research flights for photography and video data collection, and also as safety chase. At...Northrop T-38s two-seat, supersonic trainers were used by NASA Dryden's research pilots for proficiency and mission support flights. With its...A pair of two seat TF-104Gs were delivered to the NASA Flight Research Center on June 27, 1975. The aircraft...Two TF-104Gs were delivered to the NASA Flight Research Center on June 27, 1975. The aircraft flew a variety of...The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) teamed with American and Russian aerospace industries over a five-year period in a...The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) teamed with American and Russian aerospace industries over a five-year period in a...The first generation X-1 aircraft changed aviation history in numerous ways, and not simply because they were the first aircraft...The second generation X-1s used the same wing, horizontal tail, and XLR-11 rocket engine as the first generation aircraft, with...
