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Three of the four WB-57F aircraft used by NASA remain in operational service with registries expiring in 2021 or 2022, conducting a variety of civil tasks worldwide: New low profile paint scheme used on NASA 928 in June 2012. N925NA (NASA 925), AF s/n 63-13501 (Rivet Slice 3 and Rivet Rap), retired 15 September 1982 [28]
NASA WB-57 as BACN Aircraft, typically above 55,000 feet. The BACN prototype was originally developed and tested in 2005–2008 on the NASA WB-57 high altitude test aircraft during Joint Expeditionary Force Experiments and other experimentation venues. The last two flying WB-57s were used for this mission in Afghanistan. [12]
Two of the NASA WB-57F's were flown in a scientific mission tracking the solar eclipse on 8 April 2024. They flew approximately 5 to 6 miles apart at 460 mph along the path of the eclipse, starting off the coast of Mexico, with around 6 1/2 to 7 minutes of time within the shadow of the eclipse.
NASA will launch sounding rockets and WB-57 high-altitude planes to conduct research on aspects of the sun and Earth that‘s only possible during an eclipse. The efforts are part of a long ...
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 ...
21 produced. Developed from some RB-57As, RB-57Bs, and RB-57Ds in 1963 with newer engines and wider wings. Used for strategic reconnaissance. Transferred to Air Weather Service as WB-57Fs, 1968 Two WB-57Fs are the only B-57 aircraft model still flyable and in service (NASA, 2011).
English: NASA's WB-57 aircraft captured thermal images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight 13 rocket on its descent after it launched in September 2014 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The data from these thermal images may provide critical engineering information for future missions to the surface of Mars.
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