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Plywood Mockup of the M2-F1’s Top Deck and Canopy
Plywood Mockup of the M2-F1’s Top Deck and Canopy

The M2-F1 was fitted with an ejection seat before the airtow flights began.

Aircraft Fleet 1990s
Aircraft Fleet 1990s

NASA's F-15B was later used for aerodynamic flight research, is seen here with the F/A-18B Systems Research Aircraft, on a…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

The NASA logo on a hangar is framed by the noses of NASA's two modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

The sun begins to break through the clouds over NASA's two 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on the NASA Dryden ramp…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

A brief tour through NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft was a popular attraction at the Edwards Air Force…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

One of NASA's two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is silhouetted against the morning sky at sunrise on the…

Black Betsy: XLR-11 Rocket Engine
Black Betsy: XLR-11 Rocket Engine

What started as a hobby for four rocket fanatics went on to break the sound barrier: Lovell Lawrence, Hugh Franklin…

Dryden People
Dryden People

Marta Bohn-Meyer flew as a back-seat flight test engineer in this NASA T-38 mission support aircraft when this 1993 photo…

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

The first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its sixth flight on Dec. 19, 2002, raising its…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis, framed by the California mountains, as it rides on the back of one of NASA's…