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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – ED09-0253-108) Space shuttle Discovery and its modified 747 carrier aircraft lift off… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440979/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-discovery-flight-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseSpace shuttle Discovery is towed into position at the mate-demate device, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440339/free-photo-image-florida-aircraft-carrier-cape-canaveralFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseSpace 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-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseNASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439989/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Struts on the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, attach the orbiter Atlantis for the piggyback… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440905/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-americaFree Image from public domain licenseKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Struts on the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, attach the orbiter Atlantis for the piggyback… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440891/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-americaFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Discovery suspended from a sling held by two cranes. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439885/free-photo-image-airport-crane-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-operationFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Discovery suspended from a sling held by two cranes. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439923/free-photo-image-nasa-space-shuttle-space-discoveryFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439952/free-photo-image-space-boeing-internationalFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439947/free-photo-image-shuttle-plane-landing-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is cast in morning shadows as it backs away from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441527/free-photo-image-palmdale-space-shuttle-columbia-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseSpace shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen as it takes off for New York from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439917/free-photo-image-747-flight-airportFree Image from public domain licenseA Shuttle Training Aircraft piloted by NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440338/free-photo-image-astronaut-nasa-military-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseEnterprise - 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-aerodynamicsFree Image from public domain licenseThis aerial view shows the 15,000-foot long Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440337/free-photo-image-military-aircraft-runway-shuttle-discoveryFree Image from public domain licenseDream Chaser at Sunrise - RELEASED, Sept 28th, 2017. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440000/free-photo-image-dream-chaser-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft S77-28931 to begin its first "tailcone-off"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441567/free-photo-image-plane-space-shuttle-usaFree Image from public domain licenseThis is an aerial view of the long Shuttle Landing Facility SLF runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440344/free-photo-image-aviation-airplane-armyFree Image from public domain licenseEnterprise - 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-afrcFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop, prepares to make a low-level pass over the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440440/free-photo-image-los-angeles-space-shuttle-flight-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseWorkers escort space shuttle Endeavour as it is towed to the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440379/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseAt Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is ready for mating to the AIM… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440878/free-photo-image-aim-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-flightFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-astronautsFree Image from public domain licenseTwo F/A-18 jets fly over the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440942/free-photo-image-photography-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseJF-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-cockpitFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's GOES-P meteorological satellite is delivered to the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440982/free-photo-image-air-freight-military-aircraft-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441077/free-photo-image-cargo-plane-lab-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseThe crew of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441057/free-photo-image-aviation-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft parked on the apron of the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440364/free-photo-image-airplane-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe U.S. Navy's F/A-18 Blue Angels begin taxiing toward the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440896/free-photo-image-nasa-angel-blueFree Image from public domain licensePerforming touch-and-go landings with one of two Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441035/free-photo-image-nasa-jet-travelFree Image from public domain licenseFireworks celebrate the arrival of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex following a 10… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440471/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseA view of STS-133 Pilot Eric Boe performing touch-and-go landings aboard one of two Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA).… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441009/free-photo-image-nasa-jet-air-planeFree Image from public domain licenseWith landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour nears touchdown on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441379/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseCutaway drawing of the North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441662/free-photo-image-rocket-nasa-cutawayFree Image from public domain licenseHigh above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-135 crew members get ready to land their T-38 jets at the Shuttle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441105/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseU.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-armyFree Image from public domain licenseLong-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-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseTwo 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-apolloFree Image from public domain licenseThe orbiter drag chute deploys after the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis lands on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441467/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-40th-landing-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe STS-134 crew flies over the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in T-38 jets at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440740/free-photo-image-florida-nasa-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseLockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane piloted by Fred Drinkwater conducted flight testing that… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441391/free-photo-image-airplane-air-force-spaceFree Image from public domain licenseThe Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441393/free-photo-image-civil-war-black-and-white-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseA custom-made shuttle spinner wheel the space shuttle Endeavour. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440330/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's C-9 aircraft takes off ahead of the space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440390/free-photo-image-nasa-plane-take-off-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440352/free-photo-image-forklift-space-shuttle-armyFree Image from public domain licenseEngineers will use a backscatter device to examine space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441036/free-photo-image-engine-space-shuttle-discoveryFree Image from public domain licenseOn Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a new 7-inch quick disconnect is installed on the ground… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441034/free-photo-image-astronaut-blast-off-cape-canaveralFree Image from public domain licenseAtlantis 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-flightFree Image from public domain licenseThree view art of the North American X-15. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441661/free-illustration-image-space-rocket-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA Fire Rescue truck, which is part of the landing convoy at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, heads out toward… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441126/free-photo-image-truck-kennedy-space-center-july-2011Free Image from public domain licenseThe 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-airborneFree Image from public domain licenseThe X-38 Crew Return Vehicle descends under its steerable parafoil over the California desert in its first free flight at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441500/free-photo-image-march-1998-b-52-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseA Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) performs touch-and-go landings over the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440998/free-photo-image-plane-air-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440041/free-photo-image-nasa-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Atlantis lands with its drag chute deployed on runway 22 at Edwards, California. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439994/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe X-38 Crew Return Vehicle descends under its steerable parafoil over the California desert in its first free flight at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441502/free-photo-image-desert-nasa-march-1998Free Image from public domain licenseCamera view from under the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440342/free-photo-image-engine-nasa-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA 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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseDryden 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 11 space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, July 16… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418684/free-photo-image-space-galaxy-rocket-launch-2021Free Image from public domain licenseThe docked Russian Mir Space Station is partially visible through the Spacehab viewing port. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441604/free-photo-image-spaceship-science-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseNorth American AJ-2 Savage used for Microgravity Flights, Sept 1960. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441479/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseThe Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbird pilots flew their jets in tight formation over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440999/free-photo-image-flying-royal-air-force-jet-fighterFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-forceFree Image from public domain licenseIn Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis is lit… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441087/free-photo-image-nasa-cockpit-kennedy-space-centerFree Image from public domain licenseIn Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis is lit… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441120/free-photo-image-cockpit-shuttle-atlantis-tech-supportFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440076/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-florida-landingFree Image from public domain licenseF-15A #281 In Flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441679/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseWinglet 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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-commanderFree Image from public domain licenseSpace shuttle Discovery sports three replica shuttle main engines (RSMEs) in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441121/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-discovery-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-aerialFree Image from public domain licenseThe U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds show their precision formation as they fly over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441022/free-photo-image-fighter-jet-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseF-8 DFBW in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441396/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseSpace Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441665/free-photo-image-vehicle-space-shuttle-transportFree Image from public domain licenseA 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseA 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-aerospikeFree Image from public domain licenseA 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-forceFree Image from public domain licenseSR-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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseA 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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThis picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in the early hours of July… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441358/free-photo-image-satellite-station-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThis picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in the early hours of July… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441348/free-photo-image-iss-satellite-shuttle-atlantisFree Image from public domain licenseA-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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseX-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-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida for the Mission STS-26 on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440062/free-photo-image-spacelab-astronaut-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Discovery soars from Launch Pad 39A Aug. 7 on the 11-day STS-85 mission. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441474/free-photo-image-nasa-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Discovery soars from Launch Pad 39A Aug. 7 on the 11-day STS-85 mission. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441506/free-photo-image-nasa-astronaut-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Discovery soars from Launch Pad 39A Aug. 7 on the 11-day STS-85 mission. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441519/free-photo-image-nasa-liftoff-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseBlasting through the hazy late morning sky, the Space Shuttle Discovery soars from Launch Pad 39A on Aug. 7. Original from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441480/free-photo-image-nasa-astronaut-blast-offFree Image from public domain licenseThe U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft arrives at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility with its SV-1 cargo of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440963/free-photo-image-air-freight-nasa-transportFree Image from public domain licenseAir Force HC-130 rescue tanker flies over the target area off Florida's central east coast during a rescue training… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439936/free-photo-image-army-nasa-militaryFree Image from public domain licenseU.S. Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet flies overhead during a rescue training exercise, known as Mode VIII, off Florida's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439939/free-photo-image-nasa-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain license