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-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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ASA'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-army 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
F-107A parked on the ramp at the Flight Research Center. Jan. 7, 1959. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441454/free-photo-image-army-air-force-aircraft 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
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
D-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441429/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
D-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441402/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory: A Consolidated B–24D Liberator… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441462/free-photo-image-world-war-plane-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
T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) arrived at NASA FRC January 9th, 1963 departed September 10th, 1973 to Redding, California.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440068/free-photo-image-plane-black-and-white 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 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-space Free Image from public domain license
Russian Search and rescue helicopters are seen as they prepare for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft. May 23rd… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440753/free-photo-image-military-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
ER-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-aviation Free Image from public domain license
An 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-helicopter Free Image from public domain license
An F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates its flying capabilities. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440917/super-hornet Free Image from public domain license
F-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-force 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
Grumman F9F-2 Panther. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441539/free-photo-image-nasa-air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Douglas XBT2D-1 (Bu. No. 09086) Skyraider prototype. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441404/free-photo-image-black-military-aviation-photography-public-domain 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
Performing 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-travel Free Image from public domain license
A 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-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
F-86E (AF 50-580). Gunsight Tracking and Guidance and Control Displays. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441437/free-photo-image-war-black-and-white-air-force Free Image from public domain license
Wing chord extension on D-558-2. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441383/free-photo-image-plane-airplane-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
The 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-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The Air Force provided a C-17 Globemaster III for use in the Vehicle Integrated Propulsion Research (VIPR) effort. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439993/free-photo-image-transport-canyon-military Free Image from public domain license
Russian support personnels work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft shortly after the capsule… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440702/free-photo-image-logistics-expedition-war 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
The 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-aircraft 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.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440942/free-photo-image-photography-space-shuttle 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).… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441009/free-photo-image-nasa-jet-air-plane Free Image from public domain license
The first three elements for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) arrive at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441069/free-photo-image-cargo-plane-air-force-aircraft 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
NASA's F/A-18B #845 was captured by the photographer as it returned from its final flight in the Autonomous Airborne… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440741/free-photo-image-fighter-jet-army-aard Free Image from public domain license
NASA F-15B #836 landing with Quiet Spike attached. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440755/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrier Free Image from public domain license
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Squadron fly in close formation during the World Space Expo aerial salute, Nov… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439964/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-army Free Image from public domain license
U.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-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Air 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-military 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… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440982/free-photo-image-air-freight-military-aircraft-nasa Free Image from public domain license
The 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-transport 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
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
Bell 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-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
Bell X-1B fitted with a reaction control system on the lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441432/free-photo-image-air-force-museum-aircraft 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
High above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew members get ready to land their T… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441074/free-photo-image-sky-airplane-usa-air 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… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440981/free-photo-image-army-air-force-aircraft 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… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440896/free-photo-image-nasa-angel-blue Free Image from public domain license
NASA F-15B #836 in flight with Quiet Spike attached, September 27th, 2006. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440715/air-force-aircraft Free Image from public domain license
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor flies overhead as part of the World Space Expo aerial salute at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439956/free-photo-image-nasa-jet-space Free Image from public domain license
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the U.S. Navy F-18 Super Hornets demonstrate their formation flying during the World Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439968/free-photo-image-war-military-air-force 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
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Squadron performs during the World Space Expo… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439960/free-photo-image-fighter-jets-air-force-nasa Free Image from public domain license
NASA'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-force Free Image from public domain license