NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center photos

Neil Armstrong’s Years as a NASA Pilot

Neil Armstrong’s Path to the Moon Began at Edwards

Neil Armstrong and the Cutting Edge of Hypersonic Flight

Joseph A. Walker after X-15 flight #2-14-28

Three view art of the North American X-15

X-15 Personnel - A photo commemorating all three X-15's being flown during the same week

Cracked canopy glass on right side of X-15 #2 after flt. 2-21-37 on Nov. 9 1961. Robert White-pilot. First flight to mach 6

Chief research pilot Joseph Walker flew in 1960s and perished in 1966 while piloting a F-104 that caught vortex of a XB-70

PA-30 Twin Comanche - NASA 808 in hangar

Space Shuttle Simulator cockpit

F-15 #281 and F-104 #826 fly in formation during Space Shuttle tile testing.

F-15A #287 in flight

F-15A #287 flies formation with a T-38 chase over Edwards AFB.

The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to conclude the first orbital shuttle mission

Space Shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen (in tan space suits) are greeted by members of the ground crew after stepping off the Space Shuttle Columbia after STS-1

The Space Shuttle Columbia glides down over Rogers Dry Lake as it heads for a landing at Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of its first orbital mission

X-29 at High Angle of Attack with Smoke Generators

F-15 HiDEC taxi on ramp at sunrise

Shuttle Endeavour Mated to 747 SCA Taxi to Runway for Delivery to Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Shuttle Endeavour Mated to 747 SCA Takeoff for Delivery to Kennedy Space Center, Florida

LSRA taking off

CV-990 LSRA

LSRA in flight

Western Aeronautical Test Range (WATR) mission control Blue room

X-38 vehicle #131R arrives at NASA Dryden via NASA'S Super Guppy transport aircraft

X-38 vehicle #131R during pre-launch with B-52 008 mothership and F-18 chase aircraft

The X-38 Second Prototype Flares to a Landing over the Lakebed at the End of Its Fifth Flight at Edwards Air Force Base

Ed Schneider gives a "thumbs-up" after his last flight at the Dryden Flight Research Center

STS-92 - Orbiter in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at sunrise with Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) in background

STS-92 - Orbiter in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

This image (captured from animation video) illustrates the X-43A research vehicle alone after separation from the Pegasus booster. (LaRC Photo # EL-2000-00531)

This image (captured from animation video) illustrates the separation of the X-43A research vehicle from the Pegasus booster. (LaRC Photo # EL-2000-00532)

Dryden's T-34 Chases the X-48B

X-48B Skyray Takeoff

The Orion parachute system enters another phase of its descent after an air launch from a C-17 aircraft on…

NASA Remotely Piloted Aircraft Demonstrates Flight Safety Experiment

Space shuttle Endeavour and its host NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft make a final flight over Edwards Air…

Space shuttle Endeavour and its host NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft fly over Disneyland in 2012 on its way…

Space shuttle Endeavour and its host NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft land at Edwards Air Force Base in…

Space shuttle Endeavour and its host NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft fly by the Golden Gate Bridge in 2012…

HQ-90 aircraft arrived and assembled at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center

HQ-90 aircraft arrived and assembled at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center

HQ-90 aircraft arrived and assembled at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center

HQ-90 aircraft arrived and assembled at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center

HQ-90 aircraft arrived and assembled at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center

Work continues at Building 4826, the future home of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft, at NASA's…

This is how Building 4826, the future home of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft, at NASA's…

The Dryden Aeronautical Test Range at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California uses radars…