
Pathfinder - flight preparation on lakebed at sunrise.

The X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" is seen here undergoing ground testing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

NASA's Hyper-X Program Manager Vince Rausch talks about the X-43A from his office at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton,…

Crew members serviced the Pathfinder solar-powered aircraft on Rogers Dry Lake after a research flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research…

Mach 7 wind tunnel test of the full-scale X-43A model with spare flight engine in Langley's 8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel.

Pathfinder aircraft prepared for flight showing solar cell arrays on wing.

F-104A (56-0734) parked on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.

An AirSAR 2004 view from the DC-8 as it approached the Larsen Ice Shelf, which is part of the Antarctic…

Pre-Colombian archaeological ruins in the Costa Rican rain forest during NASA's AirSAR 2004 Mesoamerica campaign.

This multi-tipped engine exhaust sampling rake instrument was set up immediately behind the left inboard engine of NASA's DC-8 flying…