NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center photos from the 2020s

Justin Link, left, and Justin Hall attach an engine onto a subscale aircraft on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at…

Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary…

Justin Link, left, holds the subscale aircraft in place, while Justin Hall manages engine speed during…

Justin Link turns a subscale aircraft on its side to continue work to mark where the engine cowl will go and…

Justin Hall attaches part of the landing gear of a subscale aircraft on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at NASA’s…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first…

NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring

NASA F-15D Research Aircraft Conduct Calibration Flight

An F-15 research aircraft sits on the ramp at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California…

NASA’s 737 Gets Painted

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits inside Hangar 4826 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research…

Ground crew members make final preparations on NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft at…

NASA Crew Chief Keeps F-15 Mission Ready

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in a run stall during sunrise on Tuesday, March 20, 2026…

The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft arrives at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits outside Hangar 4826 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research…

NASA’s X-59 in Flight Above the Mojave Desert

The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft taxis to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards…

Crew members reattach the nose cone of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft at Edwards…

The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft arrives at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards…

Crew members prepare NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft for flight at Edwards, California…

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft lifts off from Edwards, California, on Tuesday, Sept.…

NASA Glider Aircraft Supports Quesst Rehearsal Flights

F-15 aircraft crew chief Zack Burke, left, and X-59 mechanic Jamie Trescott, center back, splash buckets of…

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft taxis at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21…

A crew member handles liquid nitrogen servicing for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft…

NASA Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from…

NASA’s X-59 Flies for the First Time

NASA’s newest F-15 aircraft arrive at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California…

Oregon Air National Guard and NASA flight crew look out across the desert while awaiting the arrival of the…

NASA aerial photographer Carla Thomas waves from the backseat of a NASA F-15 aircraft as chief pilot Wayne…

NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff

NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight

NASA Adds X-59 Test Pilot

NASA Test Pilot Prepares for Rehearsal Flight

NASA F-15s Ready for Dual Ship Flights

Oregon Air National Guard ground crew guides one of NASA’s newest F-15 aircraft onto the ramp at the agency’s…

NASA Uses F-15D to Validate X-59’s Electromagnetic Interference Testing

Headline: G-IV Takes Flight

NASA F/A-18 Tests Precision Landing Tech for Space Missions

NASA’s F-15D Tests New Shock-Sensing Probe

A team of experts prepares the ER-2 aircraft at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California for…

NASA X‑59 Pilot Enters Cockpit for First Time

NASA X‑59 Pilot Enters Cockpit for First Time

NASA Drone Supports Wildland Fire Technology Demonstration

NASA X‑59 Pilot Enters Cockpit for First Time

Engineers prepare for data download from the ER-2 for airborne science mission, GLOVE

A team of experts prepares the ER-2 aircraft at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California for…

Headline: NASA G-IV Prepares for Flight

Oregon Air National Guard pilots deliver NASA’s newest F-15 aircraft from the Oregon Air National Guard’s…

A team of experts prepares the ER-2 aircraft at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California for…

NASA G-IV Prepares for Flight

A team of experts prepares the ER-2 aircraft at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California for…

NASA Drone Supports Wildland Fire Technology Demonstration

NASA’s X-59 Taxis to Runway for Historic First Flight

NASA F/A‑18 Flyover Above Bakersfield Fire Department

Engineering Club Visits NASA Armstrong

NASA’s X-59 Accelerates for Takeoff

NASA staff and Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing crew pose for a group photo at NASA’s Armstrong…