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

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise rides smoothly atop NASA's first Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905.

Demonstrator 2 Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Demonstrator 2 Remotely Piloted Aircraft

ERAST Demonstrator 2 (D-2) in flight during 1996. The D-2 was built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., to test…

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The tail of the Theseus prototype research aircraft is seen here being unloaded at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

A group photo of research aircraft at NASA's Ames/Dryden Flight Research Facility in 1993 (redesignated the Dryden Flight Research Center…

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…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

NASA Dryden DC-8 Flight Crew, 2004.

Dryden People
Dryden People

David A. Wright was associate director for Center Operations at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The Theseus prototype research aircraft shows off its high aspect-ratio wing as it lifts off from Rogers Dry Lake during…

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

The Space Shuttle Atlantis rides on the back of one of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft en route from…

Visitors
Visitors

Members of the 747 SOFIA infrared observatory support team gather around Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.