NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center photos from the 1960s

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

X-15 #2 landing accident at Mud Lake, Nevada on November 9, 1962 after flight 2-31-52

Cutaway drawing of the North American X-15

X-15 personnel July 1962

John McKay after flight in F-104B

John B. McKay after X-15 flight #3-27-44

X-15 pilots

Southwestern US, with Las Vegas, NV in foreground, taken by X-15 Hycon HR-236 Camera during flt. 2-39-70 on June 27, 1965

Research pilot Fred Haise

Jay L. King, Joseph D. Huxman, and Orion D. Billeter Assist Pilot Milt Thompson into the M2-F2 Attached to B-52 Mothership

M2-F2 on ramp

M2-F2 cockpit instrument panels

M2-F2 cockpit instrument panels

Research Pilot Milt Thompson in M2-F2 Aircraft Attached to B-52 Mothership

X-15A-2 is rolled out of the paint shop after having the full scale ablative applied

X-15A-2 with full scale ablative and external tanks installed parked in front of hangar

XB-70 Triple-Sonic Bomber

Air Force pilot Mike Adam poses with X-15 flown with NASA

NASA Dryden test pilot Michael J. Adams

Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967

Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967

X-24A Lifting Body on Lakebed with Control Surfaces in Subsonic, Low-drag Configuration

Star Trek Cast and Crew Visit NASA Dryden in 1967

X-15A-2 post flight photo showing heat damage from Mach 6.7 flight on 3 Oct 67. Flt. 2-53-97; pilot-Pete Knight

Bill Dana in front of HL-10 after flight H-24-37