Winglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980 by Dryden Flight Research Center. Original from NASA .… Free Image from public domain license 
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The first three elements for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) arrive at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing… Free Image from public domain license 
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This is an aerial view of the long Shuttle Landing Facility SLF runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original… Free Image from public domain license 
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Supersonic Transport Model mounted in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. SCAT-15F supersonic transport model, lower 3/4 front… Free Image from public domain license 
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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy… Free Image from public domain license 
DC-8 NASA 717 in flight over San Francisco, Ca., 1991-05-29. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
With smoke from the Lake Arrowhead area fires streaming in the background, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft heads out on a… Free Image from public domain license 
C-141 (NASA-714) Kuipter Airborne Observatory in flight, telescope hatch open. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… Free Image from public domain license 
Fixed Wing Supersonic Transport in Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. 3/4 front view of Fixed Wing SST - Lockheed SST on Ground… Free Image from public domain license 
DC-8 NASA 717 in flight over San Francisco, Ca., 29 May 1991. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD, on December 19, 1962. Original from NASA.… Free Image from public domain license 
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NACA Photographer North American F-100A (NACA-200) Super Sabre Airplane take-off. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by… Free Image from public domain license 
Lockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane piloted by Fred Drinkwater conducted flight testing that… Free Image from public domain license 
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C-141 KAO returning home to Ames at sunrise. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
DHC-3 Otter, the plane flown in NASA's Operation IceBridge-Alaska surveys of mountain glaciers in Alaska. Original from NASA.… Free Image from public domain license 
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McDonnell F-101A-1-MC Voodoo 53-2418, first production aircraft, parked on Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards AFB. (U.S. Air Force).… Free Image from public domain license 
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ER-2 tail number 806, is one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. Original from NASA. Digitally… Free Image from public domain license 
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An F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates its flying capabilities. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
Two F/A-18 jets fly over the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA.… Free Image from public domain license 
ER-2 tail number 709, was one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. Original from NASA.… Free Image from public domain license 
The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbird pilots flew their jets in tight formation over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.… Free Image from public domain license 
Pilot and Paresev 1 preparing for a landing on the Rogers dry lakebed in 1962 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Original… Free Image from public domain license 
YO-3A (NASA-718) & MD-900 Air to air over Modesto/Crows Landing. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
The narrow fuselage of NASA'S Ikhana unmanned science aircraft is evident in this view from underneath. Mar 5, 2007. Original… Free Image from public domain license 
The eye of Hurricane Earl in the Atlantic Ocean seen from NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft, Aug 30, 2010. Original from… Free Image from public domain license 
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Lear 24, tail number 805, in flight. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by… Free Image from public domain license 
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds show their precision formation as they fly over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.… Free Image from public domain license 
F-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA) in flight, October 3rd, 1997. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) arrived at NASA FRC January 9, 1963 departed September 10th,1973 to Redding, California. Original… Free Image from public domain license 
NASA's GOES-P meteorological satellite is delivered to the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida… Free Image from public domain license 
The U.S. Navy's F/A-18 Blue Angels begin taxiing toward the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space… Free Image from public domain license 
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, arrives on the Shuttle Landing Facility… Free Image from public domain license 
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SCAT-16; Variable Sweep Model in 40x80 Wind Tunnel at NASA Ames. 3/4 view of model in cruise configuration with 25 deg.… Free Image from public domain license 
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Dryden B-52 Launch Aircraft on Edwards AFB Runway. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
A view of STS-133 Pilot Eric Boe performing touch-and-go landings aboard one of two Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). Original… Free Image from public domain license 
Testing autonomous software for AARD program using a NASA F/A-18 #845 following a chartered Sabreliner, June 27th, 2006.… Free Image from public domain license 
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The Bell X-14 NASA 704 Full Scale Airplane tests in 40x80ft. Wind Tunnel (NORMAL MOUNTING) with Sy Sewell, NASA (left) and Ed… Free Image from public domain license 
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North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center to the NASA Flight Research Center. Original… Free Image from public domain license 
The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) aircraft eclipsed the sun during a flight, 2009-03… Free Image from public domain license 
High above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew members get ready to land their T… Free Image from public domain license 
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All three NASA F-104N's fly in formation, October 24, 1963. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license 
X-3, and clockwise from left: X-1A, D-558-I, XF-92A, X-5, D-558-II, and X-4. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… Free Image from public domain license 
EC66-01426 F-104N #812 Take off 9/1/66. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Free Image from public domain license