
A collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center in of July 1997.

Flight Loads Laboratory - aerial view of the ramp.

The instrumentation and equipment is seen inside the Spacewedge #3, a remotely-piloted research vehicle flown at the Dryden Flight Research…

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.