NASA’s 2017 astronaut candidates toured aircraft hangar at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California.
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NASA’s 2017 astronaut candidates toured aircraft hangar at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California. On the right, NASA’s, X-59 pilot Nils Larsen, briefs the astronauts as they look at Armstrong’s fleet of supersonic research support aircraft, including the F-15, which will fly in tandem with the X-59 QueSST during early flight test stages, and the F-18, which is conducting supersonic research in support of the overall mission.
June 26, 2019
NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes