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Artist’s Conception: X-33 VentureStar
Artist’s Conception: X-33 VentureStar

This is an artist's conception of the VentureStar single-stage-to orbit Reuseable Launch Vehicle (RLV) on its launch pad, ready for…

Low Reynolds Vehicle
Low Reynolds Vehicle

The LRV-2 (Low Reynolds Vehicle No. 2), seen here on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.,…

Side View of X-3
Side View of X-3

This NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph shows a side-view of the X-3 Stiletto research aircraft on the ramp at Edwards…

Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

Surplus Navy Phoenix missiles, like this one mounted on the centerline pylon of NASA's F-15B research aircraft, may be used…

Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

An inert AIM-54 Phoenix missile nestled under the fuselage of NASA Dryden's F-15B aircraft is being studied as a possible…

Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed
Phoenix Missile Hypersonic Testbed

NASA Dryden aircraft and avionics technicians (from left) Bryan Hookland, Art Cope, Herman Rijfkogel, and Jonathan Richards install the nose…

X-33 Artist’s Rendering
X-33 Artist’s Rendering

This artist's rendering depicts the three designs submitted for the X-33 proposal for a technology demonstrator of a Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO)…

Wreckage of the X-2 Rocket Plane
Wreckage of the X-2 Rocket Plane

The X-2, initially an Air Force program, was scheduled to be transferred to the civilian National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics…

X-2 Collapsed Nose Landing Gear After Glide Flight
X-2 Collapsed Nose Landing Gear After Glide Flight

This 1952 photograph shows the X-2 #2 (46-675) with a collapsed nose landing gear, after landing on the first glide…

X-2 Number 1 (#674) in Flight over Southern California
X-2 Number 1 (#674) in Flight over Southern California

X-2 Number 1 (#674) in flight over Southern California.