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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy was considered for the shuttle-carrier role by NASA but rejected in favor of the 747. This was due to the 747's low-wing design in comparison to the C-5's high-wing design, and also because the U.S. Air Force would have retained ownership of the C-5, while NASA could own the 747s outright.
NASA participated heavily in the design and testing of the XB-70 Valkyrie in the mid to late 1960s. NASA and the United States Air Force had a joint agreement to use the second XB–70A prototype for high–speed research flights in support of the proposed SST program. These plans went awry on June 8, 1966, when the second XB–70 crashed ...
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flights excluding Enterprise [5] # Mission SCA Orbiter Leg count Date Leg 1 Delivery to KSC 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 20/03/1979 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield: 22/03/1979 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field: 23/03/1979 Kelly Field - Eglin AFB: 24/03/1979 Eglin AFB - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC: 2 STS-1: 905 Columbia ...
This category collects aircraft and aerospacecraft operated by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Pages in category "NASA aircraft"
Fifty years after passenger supersonic travel over land was banned over noise concerns, NASA believes those flights may return as soon as 2026 through the development of its X-59 jet.
Space Center Houston announced on May 2, 2013, that it had acquired NASA 905, one of NASA's two modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The center planned to display the replica shuttle atop the SCA with interiors of both vehicles accessible to visitors. [12]
No, you're not looking at a very sophisticated boomerang -- that may be the first aircraft to fly the Martian skies. NASA has revealed that it's building a prototype for Prandtl-m (Preliminary ...
The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy was a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft built in the United States and used for ferrying outsized cargo items, most notably components of NASA's Apollo program. [1] The Pregnant Guppy was the first of the Guppy line of aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines . [ 1 ]