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A NASA F-15D aircraft flies above a cloud layer under a bright blue sky, pitched slightly to the right with its lower right wing closest to the viewer. Two pilots are visible – one in the front seat and one in the rear. The NASA logo appears on the aircraft’s right vertical stabilizer. The aircraft is framed by the wing of another white aircraft in the foreground.

NASA F-15D Research Aircraft Conduct Calibration Flight

NASA's F-15D research aircraft conducts a calibration flight of a shock-sensing probe near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The shock-sensing probe is designed to measure the signature and strength of shock waves in flight. The probe was validated during dual F-15 flights and will be flown behind NASA’s X-59 to measure small pressure changes caused by shock waves in support of the agency's Quesst mission.

Image Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
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