
NASA Dryden project engineer Dave Bushman carefully aims the optics of a laser device at a solar cell panel on…

An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight powered only by light energy beamed to it by a…

An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft is seen here in flight powered only by light energy beamed to it by a…

Dryden Model Shop's Tony Frakowiak remotely flies an experimental model aircraft being powered by a spotlight operated by Dryden aerospace…

Since the 1940s the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, has developed a unique and highly specialized capability for conducting…

This 1968 photo shows the bulbous X-24A Lifting Body research vehicle on the lakebed adjacent to the NASA Flight Research…

The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft begins rolling aboard an Air Force Reserve C-5 transport.

A Rans S-12 remotely piloted "mothership" takes off from a lakebed runway carrying a Spacewedge research model during 1992 flight…

The Spacewedge subscale research model glides in toward a touchdown at a California City landing zone during 1992 flight tests…

One of the Spacewedge remotely-piloted research vehicles in flight under a steerable parafoil during 1995 research flights conducted by NASA's…