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First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Creator: NASAFirst Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Space Shuttle Columbia and STS-1 lift off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center, marking the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program
Python engine installed in altitude wind tunnel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 25, 1949. An engine mechanic checks instrumentation prior to an investigation of engine operating characteristics
Piper J-3L50 Cub, USA, April 16, 1942. Creator: UnknownPiper J-3L50 Cub, USA, April 16, 1942. The Piper J-3 Cub was evaluated at Langley Research Center by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in late 1939 to early 1940
Updated Supersonic, USA, 2007. Creator: NASAUpdated Supersonic, USA, 2007. Aircraft design concept from NASA research partner Lockheed Martin, a good example of how simulations and wind tunnel tests, conducted over time
XP-82 (XF-82) Twin Mustang, Langley Research Center, Virginia, USA, 5 May 1951. In the early 1950s, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics used this XP-82 Twin Mustang for its drop-body
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. Creator: UnknownD-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. The Douglas D-558-2 2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being towed under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for the Air Force B-29)
Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. Creator: UnknownWright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. In its seaplane configuration, a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics crew prepares the Wright XF3W-1 Apache for take off from the Little Back River
D-558-1 in flight, USA, May 1952. Creator: NACAD-558-1 in flight, USA, May 1952. The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak was a single-engine turbojet-powered research aircraft used by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Guppy, USA, May 5, 2005. After replacement of its landing gear at NASA Dryden (now Armstrong Flight Research Center), NASAs Super Guppy Turbine cargo plane takes off from Edwards Air Force Base to
Curtiss Bleeker helicopter, Virginia, USA, June 18, 1930. Creator: UnknownCurtiss Bleeker helicopter, Virginia, USA, June 18, 1930. Curtiss Bleeker prototype rotary wing aircraft, introduced in 1926
Paresev 1-B in tow flight, October 19, USA, 1968. Paraglider Research Vehicle experimental aircraft. A normal flight was a takeoff on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base
Earth Resources 2 pilot at 65, 000 feet over Alaska, USA, 2014. Creator: Denis SteeleEarth Resources 2 pilot at 65, 000 feet over Alaska, USA, 2014. The Earth Resources 2 (ER-2) high-altitude aircraft was used to carry the MABEL (Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar)
Effect of twinjet exhausts in simulation take-off, USA, July 7, 1949. Creator: UnknownEffect of twinjet exhausts in simulation take-off, USA, July 7, 1949. Study of effect of twin-jet exhausts inclined toward the ground in simulation of take-off conditions for certain engine
Richard Whitcomb with Area Rule Wind Tunnel Model, USA, April 20, 1955. Creator: UnknownRichard Whitcomb with Area Rule Wind Tunnel Model, USA, April 20, 1955. Aviation pioneer Richard Whitcomb worked at the Langley Research Center in Virginia throughout his exceptionally prolific life
British aviator Sheila Scott, 1970s. Creator: NASABritish aviator Sheila Scott, 1970s. Sheila Scott with her Piper Aztec " Mythre, " in which she made her world and a half flight in 1971
Flying boat construction, Virginia, USA, April 24, 1946. Creator: UnknownFlying boat construction, Virginia, USA, April 24, 1946. Male and female technicians at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (now NASAs Langley Research Center)
Engineers check body revolution model, Ohio, USA, July 31, 1957. Creator: UnknownEngineers check body revolution model, Ohio, USA, July 31, 1957. Engineers at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory making a check on the body of a model of a supersonic aircraft before a test run
Giffard Dirigible, 1852. Creator: PerotGiffard Dirigible, 1852. Woodcut by Perot depicting the left side view of French aviator Henri Giffards steam-powered airship in flight
P-51 Mustang, c1950s. Creator: UnknownP-51 Mustang, c1950s. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber was used during World War II and the Korean War
American Balloon; American Playing Cello; Bamboo, 10th month, 1861
Ever on the Ascendant - John Swain & Son, Ltd. adverrtisement, 1909. Creator: UnknownEver on the Ascendant - John Swain & Son, Ltd. adverrtisement, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]
Orville Wright, 1903. American aviation pioneer, Wright and his brother Wilbur originally designed and built bicycles but changed their interest to flying, producing a controllable glider by 1902
Samuel Franklin Cody, 1912. American-born Cody invented the manlifting kite as a means for military observation. On 16 October 1908 he made the first powered flight in Britain in his British Army