The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft…
Pathfinder aircraft liftoff on altitude record setting flight of 71,500 feet.
The NASA X-38 was picked up from its dry lakebed landing site following its successful eighth free flight test mission…
The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket left the runway, carried aloft by NASA's B-52B…
Pathfinder over a runway in Hawaii. The Pathfinder was designed, built, and operated by AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA.
SR-71 on ramp
Closeup of flight preparation on lakebed at sunrise. The Pathfinder was designed, built, and operated by AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA.
Climate researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and several universities installed and performed functional checkouts of a…
DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight over Mint Canyon near the San Gabriel Mountains.
DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in banked flight over the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountain range.