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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center pilot Tom McMurtry lands NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Space Shuttle Discovery attached at Rockwell…

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

The first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its sixth flight on Dec. 19, 2002, raising its…

Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests
Space Shuttle Prototype Approach and Landing Tests

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Rogers Dry…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Former research pilot Gary Krier was later the Director of Flight Operations of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Crew members are seen here assembling the tail of the Theseus prototype research aircraft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The twin pusher propeller-driven engines of the Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo, taken during a…

Plywood Mockup of the M2-F1’s Top Deck and Canopy
Plywood Mockup of the M2-F1’s Top Deck and Canopy

The M2-F1 was fitted with an ejection seat before the airtow flights began.

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

NASA's F-15B was later used for aerodynamic flight research, is seen here with the F/A-18B Systems Research Aircraft, on a…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

The NASA logo on a hangar is framed by the noses of NASA's two modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

The sun begins to break through the clouds over NASA's two 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on the NASA Dryden ramp…