Tupolev Tu-144

A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport jet lifts off the runway at Russia’s Zhukovsky Air Development Center in September 1998. NASA teamed with American and Russian aerospace industries for an extended period in a joint international research program featuring the Russian-built Tu-144LL. The object of the program was to develop technologies for a proposed future second-generation supersonic airliner to be developed in the 21st Century.

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September 10, 2024

Airplane Waterski Display

U.S. water ski champion Bruce Parker wows the crowd as he’s pulled by a Luscombe Model 8 aircraft across Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida, in 1946.
Cessna factory worker Mina Weber
August 16, 2024

Aircraft Factory Lipstick

WWII-era woman factory worker applies lipstick in the reflection of aircraft aluminum
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August 9, 2024

Cessna Citation X Wind Tunnel Testing

A wind tunnel model representing the Cessna Citation X is evaluated by NASA.