
2000 degree °F vacuum and inert atmosphere furnace.

Early NACA research aircraft on the lakebed at the High-Speed Flight Station in 1955.

Under the watchful eyes of news media and officials of the city of Lancaster, Calif., from a balcony, workers steady…

A water-cannon salute from two Air Force fire trucks heralds NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton's final mission as his NASA…

While workers on the ground steady the craft with guy ropes, workers atop a high-lift truck align the mounting plates…

Workers carefully align a mounting bracket attached to an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft with the top of a pedestal in front…

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft formerly flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., is sandwiched between two groups of…

SOFIA Flight Crew, 2008.

Application of high-temperature strain gauges.

An engineer at AeroVironment's Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., closely inspects a set of silicon solar cells for…