This artist's concept depicts the Hyper-X research vehicle riding on a booster rocket prior to being launched by the Dryden…
A side-view of an early desk-top model of NASA's X-43A "Hyper-X," or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, which has been developed to…
NASA's first X-38 Advanced Technology Demonstrator for the proposed Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) arrives at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center,…
The X-38 lifting body research vehicle, seen here wrapped in a protective material, is lowered onto a truck for shipping…
The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket left the runway, carried aloft by NASA's B-52B…
Technicians at NASA Dryden installed the "goalpost" fixture to the Orion crew module integration stand during conversion of the stand…
The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket dropped away from NASA's B-52B launch aircraft over…
The X-38 Vehicle 131R, intended to prove the utility of a "lifeboat" crew return vehicle to bring crews home from…
Technicians at NASA Dryden connected one of two mobilizer units to the Orion flight test crew module transportation fixture.
This computational fluid dynamics (CFD) image shows the Hyper-X vehicle at a Mach 7 test condition with the engine operating.
