One of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two Beechcraft King Air mission support aircraft shows off its lines over… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440754/free-photo-image-aviation-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane during a flyover of the Dryden Aircraft… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439908/free-photo-image-air-force-plant-airborne-science-laboratory-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force upon its return to NASA Dryden… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439904/free-photo-image-plane-air-force-plant-airborne-science-laboratory Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory is shadowed by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane during a flyover of the Dryden Aircraft… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439898/free-photo-image-aircraft-air-plant-force Free Image from public domain license
Lockheed ER-2 #809 cockpit. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441533/free-photo-image-nasa-army-aerospace Free Image from public domain license
The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440408/free-photo-image-aircraft-dream-space-shuttle-flight Free Image from public domain license
The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440389/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-astronauts Free Image from public domain license
JF-100C #709 cockpit control panel, July 17, 1963. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440061/free-photo-image-nasa-spacecraft-cockpit Free Image from public domain license
Two NASA F/A-18 #845 flying over the horizon. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439899/free-photo-image-army-military-apollo Free Image from public domain license
Pilot Dick Ewers and flight test engineer Leslie Molzahn were hands-off as NASA F/A-18 #845 flew itself into the drogue on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439957/free-photo-image-army-aard-airborne Free Image from public domain license
Space Shuttle Discovery encased in the Mate-Demate Device at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440028/free-photo-image-nasa-dawn-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The space shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) during takeoff for a return ferry flight to the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440034/free-photo-image-plane-ship-operation Free Image from public domain license
Collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center: X-31, F-15 ACTIVE, SR-71, F-106, F… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441458/free-photo-image-plane-phantom-fighter Free Image from public domain license
The single-seat F-16XL, NASA 849, joins up with an SR-71A, NASA 844, as crews set up for one of the flights in the recent… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440044/free-photo-image-ship-nasa-aerial Free Image from public domain license
A Russian search and rescue helicopter arrives at the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landing site, 2014-11-10. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440013/military-helicopter Free Image from public domain license
NASA Lockheed ER-2 #806, front view. July 13, 2006. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440030/free-photo-image-plane-military-army Free Image from public domain license
The Aero Commander arrival to NASA Flight Research Center. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441659/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-aero-commander Free Image from public domain license
Enterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747, 26 September 1977. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441452/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-flight-aerodynamics Free Image from public domain license
X-34 mated to modified L-1011 during takeoff on first captive carry flight, 09.24.2009. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441528/free-photo-image-plane-washington-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center to the NASA Flight Research Center. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440070/free-photo-image-aviation-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Lightning strikes in the distance as the Space Shuttle Discovery receives post-flight processing in the Mate-Demate Device.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440052/free-photo-image-lightning-space-center-aircraft-carrier 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… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441478/free-photo-image-aviation-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Enterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441633/free-photo-image-nasa-aerial-view-afrc 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.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441638/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Head-on view of NASA's SR-71B on the ramp at the Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. July 24th, 1991. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440020/free-photo-image-sr-71-ship-plane Free Image from public domain license
One of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft shows off its new blue-and-white livery shortly after being repainted in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439911/free-photo-image-army-aircraft-hangar-airborne-science-program Free Image from public domain license
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility - aircraft fleet on ramp. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440694/free-photo-image-sofia-747-stratospheric-observatory-for-infrared-astronomy-aircraft-air-force Free Image from public domain license
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441325/free-photo-image-army-jet-air-force Free Image from public domain license
Winglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980 by Dryden Flight Research Center. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441680/free-photo-image-army-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440505/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The cavernous expanse of the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., now houses NASA's DC-8 science… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440772/free-photo-image-aircraft-airplane-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The F-15 ACTIVE in flight above the Mojave desert, 14 Apr 1998. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441537/free-photo-image-desert-plane-aircraft-carrier-ship-photography-public-domain Free Image from public domain license
Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft carrying a Pegasus XL Rocket with eight NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440384/free-photo-image-plane-airplane-satellite Free Image from public domain license
The MicroCub is the newest addition to NASA Armstrong's fleet of subscale research aircraft. 01-17-2018. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440021/free-photo-image-plane-ship-landscape Free Image from public domain license
The Starfighter F-104 is airborne after taking off from the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. The pilot is Rick Svetkoff, Apr… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439977/free-photo-image-starfighter-f-104-air-force-airborne Free Image from public domain license
The wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441663/free-photo-image-desert-international-space-station-shuttle Free Image from public domain license
Part of the U.S. Air Force 920th Rescue Wing puts on a demonstration of in-air refueling during the World Space Expo aerial… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439915/free-photo-image-world-war-america-ship-in-air-refueling Free Image from public domain license
NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS); T-Cab Civil Tilt Rotor Project (CTR) OTW (out the window) composite views.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441447/free-photo-image-cockpit-aircraft-technology Free Image from public domain license
NASA's two modified F-15B research aircraft joined up for a fly-over of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439995/free-photo-image-jet-soldier-air-force Free Image from public domain license
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441276/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
F-8 DFBW in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441396/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Boeing's X-48B in flight. 2006-10-24. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440730/free-photo-image-army-nasa-t-34 Free Image from public domain license
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during the World Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439905/free-photo-image-world-war-plane-army Free Image from public domain license
T-33 351 Cockpit control panel, Feb. 13, 1964. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441632/free-photo-image-army-aeronautics-aerospace Free Image from public domain license
NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft cruises over California during the Western States Fire Mission with its thermal-infared… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439881/free-photo-image-army-military-earth Free Image from public domain license
The Space Shuttle Atlantis centered in the Mate-Demate Device at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440049/free-photo-image-shuttle-atlantis-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Space Shuttle Endeavour Mated to 747 SCA Takeoff for Delivery to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 1991. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440002/free-photo-image-palmdale-spacelab-nasa Free Image from public domain license
B-57B in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441394/free-photo-image-black-and-white-mars-nasa 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… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441628/free-photo-image-war-plane-black-and-white 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.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441477/free-photo-image-army-air-force-airborne-science Free Image from public domain license
X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440058/free-photo-image-military-engineering-laboratory-afrl Free Image from public domain license
Three ER-2 Aircraft in formation over Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA on their final flight out of NASA Ames Research… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441389/free-photo-image-aircraft-nasa-carrier Free Image from public domain license
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two T-38A Talon mission support aircraft flew together for the first time on Sept 26th… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440725/free-photo-image-fighter-jets-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
The landing approach to the Kennedy Space Center is seen in a heads up display as the crew of STS-135 trains in the Vertical… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440817/free-photo-image-flight-simulator-aeronautics-aerospace Free Image from public domain license
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over Southern California's high desert during the ferry flight to its… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440710/free-photo-image-army-unmanned-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Aircraft taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport is seen passing in front of the Moon as it rises in Washington… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440573/free-photo-image-moon-ship-plane Free Image from public domain license
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440079/free-photo-image-costa-rica-airborne-science-synthetic-aperture-radar Free Image from public domain license
The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441504/free-photo-image-aviation-remotely-piloted-aircraft-afrl Free Image from public domain license
This look-down view of the X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft on the ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441453/free-photo-image-military-airplane-airlines-afrl 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.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441494/free-photo-image-army-air-force-airborne-science Free Image from public domain license
SR-71 with the Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment on the rear fuselage as seen from above. Original from NASA . Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441510/free-photo-image-jet-aerospike-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
A NASA SR-71 successfully completed its first flight 31 October 1997 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441495/free-photo-image-nasa-aerospike-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
A NASA SR-71 made its successful first flight Oct. 31 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441507/free-photo-image-nasa-military-aerospike Free Image from public domain license
A NASA SR-71 refuels with an Edwards Air Force Base KC-135 during the first flight of the NASA/Rocketdyne/ Lockheed Martin… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441482/free-photo-image-nasa-aerospike-air-force Free Image from public domain license
Long-time NASA Dryden research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying career… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440747/free-photo-image-vehicle-fighter-jets-plane-nasa 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… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441438/free-photo-image-space-nasa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
The M2-F3 Lifting Body is seen here on the lakebed next to the NASA Flight Research Center Edwards, California. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440072/free-photo-image-black-and-white-soldier-air-force Free Image from public domain license
The NASA SR-71A successfully completed its first cold flow flight as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441496/free-photo-image-army-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Test pilot in cockpit at Langley Research Center(LaRC) in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441603/free-photo-image-nasa-pilot-aeronautical-research Free Image from public domain license
NASA'S SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP (front) and DC-8 flying laboratory (rear) housed at the Dryden Aircraft Operations… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440009/nasas-sofia Free Image from public domain license
This photo shows the cockpit of A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) sitting on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440994/free-photo-image-cockpit-control-panel-nasa Free Image from public domain license
JF-100C #709 cockpit control panel. July 17th,1963. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441648/free-photo-image-control-panel-army-airborne Free Image from public domain license
The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology, or ACAT, aircraft was used by NASA's Armstrong Flight… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440773/free-photo-image-plane-ship-aircraft-carrier-photography-public-domain Free Image from public domain license
Dryden B-52 Launch Aircraft on Edwards AFB Runway. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441456/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1 in flight, December 9, 1964. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440075/free-photo-image-nasa-army-flying-men Free Image from public domain license
An overview of the cockpit of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440436/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-kennedy Free Image from public domain license
NACA Photographer North American F-100A (NACA-200) Super Sabre Airplane take-off. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441406/free-photo-image-black-and-white-jet-plane-air-force Free Image from public domain license
This photo shows the cockpit instrument panel of the M2-F3 Lifting Body. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441641/free-photo-image-cockpit-panel-nasa Free Image from public domain license
Eclipse project QF-106 and C-141A takeoff on first tethered flight December 20, 1997. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441517/free-photo-image-eclipse-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441403/free-photo-image-nasa-plane-flight Free Image from public domain license
NASA’s Global Hawk, a remote-controlled airplane, flying above the vicinity of NASA’s Dryden Research Center in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440260/free-photo-image-climate-control-army-aerial-view Free Image from public domain license
X-5 at the South Base of Edwards Air Force Base. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441395/free-photo-image-space-plane-nasa Free Image from public domain license
Eclipse project F-106 under tow on January 23, 1998. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441493/free-photo-image-space-under-sky-plane Free Image from public domain license
An eight-foot-long pod designed to carry a synthetic aperture radar hangs from the underbelly of NASA's Gulfstream-III… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440728/free-photo-image-plane-military-vehicles-air-pods Free Image from public domain license
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-18B Systems Research Aircraft on an External Vision System project flight, October… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440703/free-photo-image-aerospace-plane-fighter-army Free Image from public domain license
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-18B Systems Research Aircraft on an External Vision System project flight, October… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440738/free-photo-image-army-ship-aerospace Free Image from public domain license
T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) aircraft at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) on Aug 12th,1965. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441654/free-photo-image-star-wars-air-force-plane Free Image from public domain license
Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. Jul 27th 1961. Original from NASA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441697/free-photo-image-war-spacecraft-nasa Free Image from public domain license
Lifting Type Re-Entry Vehicle. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441572/free-photo-image-type-military-nasa Free Image from public domain license
The Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., is now home to two large science aircraft, NASA's SOFIA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440766/free-photo-image-hangar-airplane-palmdale Free Image from public domain license
Two large science aircraft, a DC-8 flying laboratory and the SOFIA 747SP based at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440043/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-cc0 Free Image from public domain license
NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440040/free-photo-image-military-usa-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in plane. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440073/controlled-impact-demonstration Free Image from public domain license
Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back at launch pad 39a at the NASA Kennedy Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439938/free-photo-image-space-rocket-shuttle-flight Free Image from public domain license
Early NACA research aircraft on the lakebed at the High Speed Research Station in 1955. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441431/free-photo-image-high-speed-nasa-airplane Free Image from public domain license
U.S. Marine Corps helicopter attempts an unsuccessful recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 4 Liberty Bell 7, July 21, 1961.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441698/free-photo-image-helicopter-ocean-vehicle Free Image from public domain license
Rescue helicopters fly Expedition 16 crew to Kustanay, Kazakhstan shortly after their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft landed in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440612/free-photo-image-steppe-war-military Free Image from public domain license
A Russian search and rescue helicopter flies over the burning Kazakh steppe. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440614/russian-search-and-rescue-helicopter Free Image from public domain license