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Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

NASA Dryden aircraft and avionics technicians (from left) Bryan Hookland, Art Cope, Herman Rijfkogel, and Jonathan Richards install the nose…

X-33 Artist’s Rendering
X-33 Artist’s Rendering

This artist's rendering depicts the three designs submitted for the X-33 proposal for a technology demonstrator of a Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO)…

Wreckage of the X-2 Rocket Plane
Wreckage of the X-2 Rocket Plane

The X-2, initially an Air Force program, was scheduled to be transferred to the civilian National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics…

X-2 Collapsed Nose Landing Gear After Glide Flight
X-2 Collapsed Nose Landing Gear After Glide Flight

This 1952 photograph shows the X-2 #2 (46-675) with a collapsed nose landing gear, after landing on the first glide…

X-2 Number 1 (#674) in Flight over Southern California
X-2 Number 1 (#674) in Flight over Southern California

X-2 Number 1 (#674) in flight over Southern California.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing
Helios Prototype Flying Wing

Technicians for AeroVironment, Inc., jack up a pressure tank to the wing of the Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing. The…

X-31 in Flight over California’s Mojave Desert
X-31 in Flight over California’s Mojave Desert

The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability aircraft in flight over California's Mojave desert during a 1992 test flight.

Guppy
Guppy

Assistant crew chief David Wyckoff applies some elbow grease to loosen a link pin during a landing gear changeout on…

Guppy
Guppy

JSC technicians David Wyckoff and Tom Gordon carefully maneuver their equipment into place as they prepare to remove the Super…

Bell X-2 (46-674) on Ramp with B-50 and Crew
Bell X-2 (46-674) on Ramp with B-50 and Crew

Air Force test pilot Capt. Iven Kincheloe stands in front of the Bell X-2 (46-674) on the ramp at Edwards…