
Different approaches to building a research craft to simulate a spacecraft able to land on the ground instead of splashing…

Electronics technician Joe Ciganek operated and maintained the SR-71 simulator while it was at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.

Proteus DSA control room in Mojave, CA.

Close-up view of the XLR-11 rocket engine mounted in the X-24A lifting body research vehicle.

Carbon-Carbon Control Surface in heating and loading test configuration.

The three thrust-vectoring aircraft at Edwards, CA, each capable of flying at extreme angles of attack, cruise over the California…

Vance D. Brand in Space Shuttle flight suit.

Aircraft Fleet 1990s

Flight Loads Laboratory.

Aerial photo looking north over NASA Dryden Flight Research Center