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-palmdaleFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseTwo 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-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseNASA 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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-sofiaFree Image from public domain licenseNASA 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/440690/free-photo-image-army-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe NASA and German Aerospace Center SOFIA airborne infrared observatory took flight for the first time from its… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440749/free-photo-image-airplane-plane-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's highly modified Boeing 747SP SOFIA observatory banks low over the Texas countryside as it heads for landing at Waco… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440726/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-armyFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was airborne for almost two hours during its first check… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440752/commercial-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseLogos of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are displayed prominently on the tail of the Stratospheric Observatory… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440735/free-photo-image-flight-plane-tail-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is silhouetted against the sky as it soars on its second check… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441104/commercial-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Boeing 747SP SOFIA airborne observatory soars over a bed of puffy clouds during its second checkout flight over the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440759/free-photo-image-plane-airplane-shipFree Image from public domain licenseNASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP cruises over central Texas on its first checkout… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440724/commercial-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseNASA Dryden's two T-38A mission support aircraft fly in tight formation, Sept 26th, 2007. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440005/mission-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's SOFIA airborne observatory lands at Edwards AFB. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440004/free-photo-image-airplane-arrival-flight-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseAirplane isolated image https://www.rawpixel.com/image/11409010/airplane-isolated-imageView licenseAirplane collage element psd https://www.rawpixel.com/image/11409000/airplane-collage-element-psdView licenseNASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was airborne for almost two hours during its first check… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418592/nasas-sofiaFree Image from public domain licensePng airplane element, transparent background https://www.rawpixel.com/image/11409004/png-airplane-element-transparent-backgroundView licenseSOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy.Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8753858/photo-image-public-domain-computerFree Image from public domain licenseSOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8752624/photo-image-public-domain-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseSOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8753856/photo-image-public-domain-buildingFree 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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-forceFree 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/441325/free-photo-image-army-jet-air-forceFree 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 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 licenseB-57B in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441394/free-photo-image-black-and-white-mars-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseER-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-scienceFree 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 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 licenseT-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-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseER-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-scienceFree 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 HL-10, seen here parked on the ramp at NASA's Flight Research Center in 1966. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441651/free-photo-image-military-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-laboratoryFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-forceFree Image from public domain licenseCollection 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-fighterFree Image from public domain licenseX-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-afrlFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-afrlFree 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/440505/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-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 licenseLightning 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseT-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-planeFree Image from public domain licenseA 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-flightFree Image from public domain licenseOne 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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNorth 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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-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 licenseX-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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseLockheed ER-2 #809 cockpit. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441533/free-photo-image-nasa-army-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseEarly 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-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseThis 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-afrlFree Image from public domain licenseBoeing'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-34Free Image from public domain licenseHead-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-planeFree Image from public domain licenseASA's Dryden Flight Research Center operates this Beechcraft B-200 King Air N7NA for both pilot proficiency and mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439966/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-armyFree Image from public domain licenseEclipse 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-planeFree Image from public domain licenseD-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441429/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseD-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441402/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseWing chord extension on D-558-2. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441383/free-photo-image-plane-airplane-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseEclipse 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseA beach ball-sized infrared camera, part of the Forward Looking Infrared Radar, has been mounted on the right siderail of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441532/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThree 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseGrumman F9F-2 Panther. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441539/free-photo-image-nasa-air-force-aircraftFree 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 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 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 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-viewFree Image from public domain license91,591 Overhead view of McDonnell XF-88B Experimental Jet Fighter. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441488/free-photo-image-nasa-war-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseF-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA) in flight, October 3rd, 1997. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441472/free-photo-image-cloud-fighter-plane-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's F-15B testbed aircraft in flight during the first evaluation flight of the joint NASA/Gulfstream Quiet Spike project.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440713/free-photo-image-nasa-air-force-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 licenseUH-60 (NASA-748) Sling Load Test for Dynamic Response. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441422/free-photo-image-helicopter-container-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseMcDonnell F2H-3 Banshee. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441535/free-photo-image-vintage-nasa-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseF-104 aircraft used to fly research and development and other missions at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy under an… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440346/free-photo-image-aerospace-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA helicopter takes off while participating in a Mode II-IV exercise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440983/free-photo-image-helicopter-nasa-airFree Image from public domain licenseHigh above the skies at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida a Coast Guard helicopter keeps watch on and around the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441110/free-photo-image-army-helicopter-airFree Image from public domain licenseER-2 tail number 806, is one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441523/free-photo-image-air-force-flight-aviationFree Image from public domain licenseAn HH-60G helicopter flies overhead of a rescue boat during a training exercise, known as Mode VIII. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439951/military-helicopterFree Image from public domain licenseAn F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates its flying capabilities. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440917/super-hornetFree Image from public domain licenseBell X-1B fitted with a reaction control system on the lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441420/free-photo-image-air-force-museum-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseBell X-1B fitted with a reaction control system on the lakebed. Original from NASA. 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