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-afrlFree 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 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 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 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 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 licenseDouglas D-558-1 Skystreak in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441669/free-photo-image-jet-military-afrcFree 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 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 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 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 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 Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 aircraft on the ramp at NACA High Speed Flight Research Station located on the South… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441380/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-carrierFree 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 licenseThe 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-militaryFree 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 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 licenseF-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-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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-domainFree Image from public domain licenseAn ER-2 high-altitude Earth science aircraft banks away during a flight over the southern Sierra Nevada. Original from NASA… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440711/free-photo-image-nasa-military-satellite-snowyFree Image from public domain licenseAn 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-podsFree 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 licenseThe 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-menFree 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 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 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 licenseX-14A NASA 234 hovering over ramp at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441644/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-engineFree Image from public domain licenseThis Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is one of two that are used by NASA for Earth science missions and by Northrop Grumman… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440761/free-photo-image-military-engine-armyFree Image from public domain licenseMcDonnell F-101A-1-MC Voodoo 53-2418, first production aircraft, parked on Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards AFB. (U.S. Air Force).… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441417/free-photo-image-war-plane-voodooFree 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 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 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 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 licenseVertol 76 Tilt Wing VTOL, Sept 13th,1960. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441626/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-armyFree Image from public domain licenseAltus II aircraft flying over southern California desert. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441505/free-photo-image-science-and-technology-aircraft-carrierFree 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 licenseThe 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-landscapeFree 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 licenseX-15A-2 in flight. First flight with dummy ramjet attached, at 8 May 1967. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441683/free-photo-image-rocket-military-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseJF-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-airborneFree 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 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 licenseSCEPTOR Aerial Left Propeller stall.Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440060/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-carrierFree 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 licenseIn-flight photo of the NASA F-15B used in tests of the X-33 Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441521/free-photo-image-above-clouds-aerial-view-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA’s C130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop. This particular plane was built in 1966, but has been extensively… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440119/retro-plane-turbineFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA King Air successfully tested the Advanced Data Acquisition and Telemetry System during a recent series of three… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441508/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseOV-10A (NASA-718) Airplane in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441408/free-photo-image-nasa-aviation-aircraftFree 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/441432/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. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441420/free-photo-image-air-force-museum-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 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 licenseAircraft 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-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseB-29 800 with X-1B attached taxi's in off of the lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441446/free-photo-image-aviation-air-force-museumFree Image from public domain licenseThe 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 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 licenseERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441457/free-photo-image-army-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseWith smoke from the Lake Arrowhead area fires streaming in the background, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft heads out on a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440760/free-photo-image-aircraft-autonomous-google-mapFree Image from public domain licenseNASA'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-aardFree Image from public domain licenseThe jagged ridges of Southern California's Tehachapi Mountains form the backdrop to NASA's brightly-colored NF-15B testbed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439937/free-photo-image-military-airborne-scienceFree Image from public domain licenseNASA 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-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseNASA 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-armyFree Image from public domain licenseThis 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-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft in flight during the ferry flight to its new home at the Dryden Flight… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440770/free-photo-image-army-unmanned-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over the U.S. Borax mine, Boron, California. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440768/free-photo-image-military-aircraft-carrierFree 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 Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at Dryden in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441531/free-photo-image-solar-powered-aircraft-nasa-engineFree Image from public domain licenseRussian 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-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) aircraft cruises during a flight originating from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440776/the-us-air-forceFree 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 licenseRussian 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-warFree Image from public domain licenseER-2C tail number 809, was one of two Airborne Science ER-2Cs used as science platforms by Dryden. The aircraft were… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441491/free-photo-image-space-airborne-aircraftFree Image from public domain license