
A water-cannon salute from two Air Force fire trucks heralds NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton's final mission as his NASA…

While workers on the ground steady the craft with guy ropes, workers atop a high-lift truck align the mounting plates…

Workers carefully align a mounting bracket attached to an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft with the top of a pedestal in front…

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft formerly flown by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., is sandwiched between two groups of…

SOFIA Flight Crew, 2008.

Application of high-temperature strain gauges.

An engineer at AeroVironment's Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., closely inspects a set of silicon solar cells for…

Technician Marshall MacCready carefully lays a panel of solar cells into place on a wing section of the Helios Prototype…

Technician Marshall MacCready carefully lays a panel of solar cells into place on a wing section of the Helios Prototype…

A technician at AeroVironment's Design Development Center in Simi Valley, Calif., checks a panel of silicon solar cells for conductivity…