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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 ...
On August 14, 2014, a heavy lift was completed to place Independence on top of NASA 905, [16] which had been moved to Space Center Houston from Ellington Field on April 30, 2014. [17] The combined exhibit, named "Independence Plaza", opened to the public on January 23, 2016, [18] at an estimated cost of US$12 million. [15] [19]
It is currently hanging in the National Air and Space Museum along with the X-15 aircraft number 1, which was its hangar partner at Dryden from 1965 to 1969. M2-F3 pilots William H. Dana - 19 flights; John A. Manke - 4 flights; Cecil W. Powell - 3 flights; Jerauld R. Gentry - 1 flight; Most of text taken from NASA Dryden webpage.
X-24 The X-24B in flight General information Type Lifting body National origin United States Manufacturer Martin Marietta Primary users United States Air Force NASA Number built 1 (X-24A, rebuilt as X-24B) History First flight 17 April 1969 (X-24A) 1 August 1973 (X-24B) Retired 26 November 1975 Developed from X-23 PRIME The Martin Marietta X-24 is an American experimental aircraft developed ...
NASA launched a robotic space lander bound for Mars on Saturday morning, beginning a journey to explore the deep interior of the red planet.
In December 2014, NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to study the feasibility of building the SR-72's propulsion system using existing turbine engine technologies, The $892,292 (~$1.13 million in 2023) contract funded a design study to determine the viability of a TBCC propulsion system by combining one of several current turbine engines, with a very low Mach ignition Dual Mode Ramjet (DMRJ).