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Medal, First Space Shuttle Flight Achievement Award, Sally Ride

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This First Shuttle Flight Achievement ...
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NASA still targeting 2025 first flight for X-59 supersonic demonstrator

NASA maintains its 2025 target for the X-59 Quesst quiet-supersonic demonstrator’s maiden flight as the programme advances through high-speed taxi testing at Palmdale, despite multiple previous delays ...
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NASA test pilot visits Cleveland after X-59 plane takes its first flight: Growing STEM

CLEVELAND — The X-59 is a one-of-a-kind aircraft. And that same can be said about its test pilot, Nils Larson. "Flying the airplane is exciting, but that engineering is really exciting as well,” said ...

Why NASA's Space Shuttle Hitched Rides On Top Of A Boeing 747

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...
Aviation Week

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Makes First Flight

NASA began flight tests of its needle-nosed X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft with a 1 hr. 7 min. initial sortie from Palmdale, California, to the nearby Edwards AFB on Oct. 28. Flown by ...