The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is in the air today for its 21st flight!
👉 You can watch it live now right here: https://t.co/DqRsObWAdT
This image shows the X-59 in flight on June 10, completing its 18th envelope expansion flight. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
30 JULY 1971 (Apollo 15)-Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin drove the first Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the Moon during their EVA exploration near Hadley Rille 💕
55 years ago today, Apollo 15 lunar module "Falcon" landed on the Moon. Astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin spent 66 hours, 54 minutes, and 53 seconds on the lunar surface.
There is something deeply apex-predatory about the Apache. From this angle, doesn't it look like a weaponized dragonfly? Like doesn’t the M-TADS/PNVS sensor turret mimic the compound eyes of a dragonfly watching its prey? The helicopter's slender airframe presents almost zero profile, while its wing stubs and underbelly chain gun hang like deadly mandibles ready to strike at enemy armor! It's a scary looking helicopter.
On this day, 54 years ago, the F-15 Eagle took to the skies for the first time over Edwards AFB, with test pilot Irv Burrows at the controls (July 27, 1972). What followed was one of the most dominant air superiority careers in military aviation history. The Eagle has been flying, and flying high, ever since.