
The B-720 is seen making a practice close approach over the prepared impact site.

Following its controlled impact on posts imbedded in the lakebed, the B-720 slid sideways and was almost enveloped in the…

This group photo of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) employees was taken in 1950 in front of the NACA…

The X-31 aircraft, on a research mission from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, is flying nearly perpendicular to…

2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots

NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow control experiment…

Moments after hitting and sliding through the wing openers the aircraft burst into flame, with a spectacular fireball seen emanating…

The B-720 is seen viewed moments after impact and just before hitting the wing openers.

Left to right: Richard C. Eldredge, Dale Reed, James O. Newman, and Bob McDonald with the mothership (top) and other…

The Hyper III was a low-cost test vehicle for an advanced lifting-body shape. Like the earlier M2-F1, it was a…