历史性的X-1E展望未来

The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA’s experimental X-1 series of aircraft. From 1955-1958, it made 26 flights and one captive flight (attached to a carrier aircraft). Research flights took place over what is now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

In this photo from November 2021, the X-1E looks toward the full Moon.

Credit: NASA/Joshua Fisher

超音速X-1E研究飞机是NASA X-1系列实验飞机中的最后一架。从1955年到1958年，它进行了26次飞行和一次系留飞行（附在一架运载飞机上）。研究飞行在现在位于加利福尼亚爱德华兹的NASA阿姆斯特朗飞行研究中心进行。

这张照片摄于2021年11月，X-1E朝向满月。

影像来源：NASA/Joshua Fisher