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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 ...
NASA 1997 28% scale tailless fighter [49] X-37: Boeing USAF, USSF, NASA 2010 Reusable orbital spaceplane [50] Drop test performed in 2006. Seven flights to space since 22 April 2010 X-38: Scaled Composites: NASA 1998 Lifting body Crew Return Vehicle [51] X-39: Unknown USAF Future Aircraft Technology Enhancements (FATE) program. [52]
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"
Since 1945, NACA (NASA's predecessor) and, since January 26, 1958, NASA has conducted the X-Plane Program. The program was originally intended to create a family of experimental aircraft not intended for production beyond the limited number of each design built solely for flight research. [2]
This list is incomplete; ... Launched from the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the Buran air lift carrier aircraft. Martin X-23 PRIME: USA: Rocket launch: Experimental: 1966:
Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes Aeritalia F-104S: Italy: Turbojet: Fighter: 1966: Production: 246: Interceptor AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo: Taiwan: Turbofan: Fighter
This is a list of aircraft by date and usage.The date shown is the introduction of the first model of a line but not the current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed in the 21st century.
Homer Hickam (born 1943) – NASA engineer, model rocketry enthusiast; Geoffrey T. R. Hill (1895–1955) – designer of the Westland-Hill Pterodactyls and co-developed the aero-isoclinic wing; Stanley Hiller (1924–2006) – founder Hiller Aircraft; Hellmuth Hirth (1886–1938) – aircraft engine designer, brother of Wolf Hirth