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The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerated after launch from NASA's B-52B launch aircraft…
Three SR-71s on ramp.
SR-71 in-flight from tanker.
Pathfinder aircraft being assembled - wing assembly.
NASA's B-52B mothership, escorted by two F-18s, made a final flyover after its last research mission that launched the X-43A…
NASA's historic B-52 mothership carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive-carry flight from Edwards Air Force…
SR-71 in-flight from tanker.
The black X-43A rode on the front of a modified Pegasus booster rocket hung from the special pylon under the…
Pathfinder aircraft checkout flight.
As part of a combined systems test conducted by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft rolled down…
