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The Rockwell-Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31 is an experimental jet aircraft designed to test fighter thrust vectoring technology. It was designed and built by Rockwell and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), as part of a joint US and German Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability program to provide additional control authority in pitch and yaw, for significantly more maneuverability than most ...
A diagram of the Herbst maneuver. (NASA) The Herbst maneuver (also known as a J-turn[ 1][ 2]) is an air combat maneuver that uses post-stall technology such as thrust vectoring and advanced flight controls to achieve high angles of attack. [ 3] The Herbst maneuver allows an aircraft to quickly reverse direction using a combination of high angle ...
Pugachev's Cobra maneuver is one of the tests for supermaneuverability, here performed by an Su-27. Supermaneuverability is the capability of fighter aircraft to execute tactical maneuvers that are not possible with purely aerodynamic techniques. Such maneuvers can involve controlled side-slipping or angles of attack beyond maximum lift.
Thrust vectoring. Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine (s) or motor (s) to control the attitude or angular velocity of the vehicle. [1][2][3] In rocketry and ballistic missiles that fly outside the atmosphere ...
Space Shuttle abort modes were procedures by which the nominal launch of the NASA Space Shuttle could be terminated. A pad abort occurred after ignition of the shuttle's main engines but prior to liftoff. An abort during ascent that would result in the orbiter returning to a runway or to an orbit lower than planned was called an "intact abort ...
First flight. 14 December 1984. The Grumman X-29 is an American experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. Funded by NASA, the United States Air Force and DARPA, the X-29 was developed by Grumman, and the two built were flown by NASA and the United States Air Force. [1]
X-38: Scaled Composites: NASA 1998 Lifting body Crew Return Vehicle [51] X-39: Unknown USAF Future Aircraft Technology Enhancements (FATE) program. [52] Designation never officially assigned. [31] X-40A: Boeing USAF, NASA 1998 80% scale Space Maneuver Vehicle X-37 prototype. [53] X-41: Unknown USAF Maneuvering re-entry vehicle. [54] X-42 ...
NASA aims to carry out robotic science missions, seeking to learn more about the lunar environment through private partners as it focuses on preparing to land astronauts on the moon. The space ...