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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) during one of…

X-1 Rocket-Powered Research Aircraft
X-1 Rocket-Powered Research Aircraft

Ground engine test run on the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 airplane at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit service area.

Visitors
Visitors

NASA Dryden research pilot Jim Smolka (left) details a recent flight experiment on a modified F-15B.

First Air-Tow of the M2-F1 Lifting Body
First Air-Tow of the M2-F1 Lifting Body

After initial ground-tow flights of the M2-F1 using the Pontiac as a tow vehicle, the way was clear to make…

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

NASA's two Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are seen here nose to nose at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

NASA's two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #911 (left) and #905 (right) were nose-to-nose on the ramp at NASA…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

One of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryden Flight Research Center main building at Edwards, Calif.,…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

Crowds thronged around NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and an Air Force B-1B Lancer at the Edwards Air Force…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Mark Pestana was a research pilot and project manager at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

NASA 831, an SR-71B operated by the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., cruises over the Mojave Desert with an…