
Technician Marshall MacCready carefully lays a panel of solar cells into place on a wing section of the Helios Prototype…

A technician at AeroVironment's Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., checks a panel of silicon solar cells for conductivity…

Helios Prototype Flying Wing

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43…

This photo of two swept-wing airplanes was taken on the ramp of the NACA High-Speed Flight Station.

Helios Prototype Flying Wing flying above Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards, CA.

The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at…

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E mounted at a jaunty angle in front of the main building (4800) at NASA (now…