
NASA pilot and flight test engineer head for a mission debrief after a SonicBAT flight to study sonic boom signatures.

A microphone array positioned strategically along the ground at Edwards Air Force Base, California, sits ready to collect sound signatures…

NASA's X-57 Maxwell aircraft will feature a specially designed wing with 14 electric motors.

The Tecnam P2006T cockpit for the X-57, or Maxwell.

The Italian Tecnam P2006T aircraft, the future X-57 Maxwell, arrives in California.

X-56A flights are used to study active aeroelastic control technologies for flutter suppression and wind gust load alleviation.

The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed undergoes a taxi test on Rogers Dry Lakebed.

Prandtl-D’s wing design features a twist that redistributes the wing’s span load to reduce drag.

The two NASA AFriSAR research aircraft: the B-200 (left) and the C-20A (right) collected measurements of surface topography and vegetation…

The layered forest of Lopé National Park (Gabon), an area that NASA was studying with airborne radar and laser sensors…