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Aerial Vehicles in Blue Skies

Images of various aircraft including drones, airplanes, and hydroplanes soaring through clear, blue skies with scattered clouds.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The xenon lights at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida illuminate the clouds billowing behind space shuttle Endeavour as it touches down on Runway 15. After 14 days in space, Endeavour's 5.7-million-mile STS-130 mission is completed on orbit 217. Main gear touchdown was at 10:20:31 p.m. EST followed by nose gear touchdown at 10:20:39 p.m. and wheels stop at 10:22:10 p.m. It was the 23rd night landing in shuttle history and the 17th at Kennedy. Aboard are Commander George Zamka; Pilot Terry Virts; and Mission Specialists Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson. During Endeavour's STS-130 mission, astronauts installed the Tranquility node, a module that provides additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility is a cupola with seven windows that provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft.

The NASA Wallops T-34 chase aircraft intercepted Global Hawk 872 on its descent to runway 28 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. This photo of the Global Hawk was taken from the chase plane after finishing its third science flight.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Heat from space shuttle Endeavour's auxiliary power units (APUs), which provide hydraulic control, can be seen at the back of the shuttle, near the vertical tail. Endeavour landed for the final time on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the 24th night landing of the Space Shuttle Program. Main gear touchdown was at 2:34:51 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 2:35:04 a.m., and wheelstop at 2:35:36 a.m. On board are STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H. Johnson, and Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and the European Space Agency's Roberto Vittori. STS-134 delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) to the International Space Station. AMS will help researchers understand the origin of the universe and search for evidence of dark matter, strange matter and antimatter from the station. ELC-3 carried spare parts that wil

Kites flying in the sky

Plane flying near Ferris wheel

Sailboat on Noorder Oudeweg Waterway, Near Joure, Frisian Lake District, Netherlands

Spider hanging out.

Shadows in the snow, chair lift on Nebelhorn Mountain, Allgaeu Alps, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Luftaufnahme landwirtschaftlicher Flaechen bei Gaziantep, mit dem Schatten eines Flugzeugs, 21.02.2023

Early morning in Portland, Maine. (motion blur)

Aerial view of an helicopter ready for take off on a heliport in Bel Ombre, Savanne District, Mauritius.

The deployable, inflatable wing technology demonstrator experiment aircraft maintains a steady attitude following separation from its carrier aircraft during a flight conducted by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The inflatable wing project represented a basic flight research effort by Dryden personnel.Three successful flights of the I2000 inflatable wing aircraft occurred. During the flights, the team air-launched the radio-controlled (R/C) I2000 from an R/C utility airplane at an altitude of 800-1000 feet.As the I2000 separated from the carrier aircraft, its inflatable wings "popped-out," deploying rapidly via an on-board nitrogen bottle. The aircraft remained stable as it transitioned from wingless to winged flight. The unpowered I2000 glided down to a smooth landing under complete control.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour rolls to a stop on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time. Main gear touchdown was at 2:34:51 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 2:35:04 a.m., and wheelstop at 2:35:36 a.m. On board are STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H. Johnson, and Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and the European Space Agency's Roberto Vittori. STS-134 delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) to the International Space Station. AMS will help researchers understand the origin of the universe and search for evidence of dark matter, strange matter and antimatter from the station. ELC-3 carried spare parts that will sustain station operations once the shuttles are retired from service. STS-134 was the 25th and final flight for Endeavour, which has spent 299 days in space, orbited Earth 4,671 times and traveled 1

The tail section of an LC-130 Hercules aircraft, buried in the snow since its crash in 1971. In January 1987 the National Science Foundation, which uses the Hercules to transport researchers and their equipment, dug the plane out and determined that it would be less expensive to repair it than to buy a new one. The rebuilt aircraft was flown from the crash site a year later. Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Pathfinder-Plus in Flight

Nazca lines from the aircraft Mysterious figures Nazca desert from the aircraft Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 11450534

Biplane fly-by at Madras Airshow, Oregon.

Flugzeuge zwischen Gebäuden in Portugals Hauptstadt Lissabon historic capital, airplane, buildings, attractions, transport Copyright: xZoonar.com/JaroslavxSugarekx 22237441

Airplane fuselage silver metal texture with rivets. Useful as background for design works.

Cars Driving Through Tunnel

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft approaches the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The aircraft, known as an SCA, arrived at 5:35 p.m. EDT to prepare for shuttle Discoverys ferry flight to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Va., on April 17. This SCA, designated NASA 905, is a modified Boeing 747 jet airliner, originally manufactured for commercial use. One of two SCAs employed over the course of the Space Shuttle Program, NASA 905 is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. NASA 911 was decommissioned at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California in February. Discovery will be placed on permanent public display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

Crop Duster Kansas USA

Flying airplane. Bottom view of airplane flying above skyscrapers

Powered parachute flying at sunset in Eation County, Michigan.

Woman delivering lunch cooler to a combine operator during the harvest. Near Somerset, Manitoba, Canada.

Northrop Grummans L-1011 Stargazer aircraft, with the companys Pegasus XL rocket attached beneath, takes off from the Skid Strip runway at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is secured inside the rocket's payload fairing. The air-launched Pegasus XL was released from the aircraft at 10 p.m. EDT to start ICONs journey to space. The explorer will study the frontier of space - the dynamic zone high in Earth's atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above.

RC remotely controlled soaring plane model sailplane on blue sky in brisk wind. RC soaring plane on blue sky

A member of the Swiss "Breitling Aerobatic Team", performs a knife-edge pass in front of the crowd at LaComina Aeroporto , Pordenone, Italy, in a Sukhoi SU-31, which is built specifically for aerobatic competition. Base: Lacomina Airport Country: Italy (ITA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the drag chute trailing space shuttle Atlantis slows the almost indistinguishable shuttle as it lands on Runway 15 one final time. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. On board are STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim.On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,84

Mountain rescue by helicopter on the Fellhorn ridge, Kleinwalsertal, Riezlern, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Helicopter flying with fire retardant while smoke emitting from wildfire in forest

Aerial view of a rusty airplane in the forest, Oregon, United States.

DN-SC-86-03188. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airplane flying over neighborhood

Star trails above the derelict trawler Vita Nova, from the Cumbrian Coast, Furness Peninsula, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Los Angeles, plane coming into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), with Downtown Los Angeles seen through smog in distance, Aerial view.

The checkered flag is waved as the PhoEnix aircraft crosses the finish line of the miles per gallon (MPG) flight during the 2011 Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are having the challenge with the goal to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft.

Racing at the Red Bull event of the Reno Air Races at Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada. This view shows the Air Gates of the event that the planes must fly between. The Red Bull Air Race World Series, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of air races with the participation of the world's most skilled pilots, in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky, in the fastest possible time. Pilots fly individually against the clock an

Tu-154M airliner of Russian Federal Security Service landing, Russia.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery makes its way to the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, before dawn at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its move from the Vehicle Assembly Building got under way at 5 a.m. EDT.At the SLF, Discovery will be hoisted onto a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the aid of a mate-demate device. The SCA, a modified Boeing 747 jet airliner, is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17, after which the shuttle will be placed on permanent public display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Photograph of stunt plane flying and leaving smoke trail near Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA

Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger II parked in its hangar at Emmen Air Base, Switzerland.

Hot-air balloons in the evening haze, advertising, view of villages, fields and wind turbine, hot-air balloon festival, 26th Warsteiner International Montgolfiade, aerial view, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Drone, Or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flying above speed limit sign, As if enforcing speed limit

Model airplane in grass. Red little retro model airplane in green grass

Woman flying rocket and delivering boxes

Plane in the sky above the city with blank flag

old rusty tank in the desert at sunset. Old Rusty Tank in Desert

Events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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Events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

STS114-S-044 (9 August 2005) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery, with its crew of seven astronauts onboard, glides to a pre-dawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Touchdown occurred at 5:11 a.m. (PDT) August 9, 2005. Astronauts Eileen M. Collins and James M. Kelly, STS-114 commander and pilot, respectively, guided the ship as it made its 17,000 mph descent from space into the morning darkness. The landing concludes a historic 14-day, Return to Flight mission to the International Space Station. Also onboard were astronauts Stephen K. Robinson, Andrew S. W. Thomas, Wendy B. Lawrence, Charles J. Camarda, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all mission specialists.

MD-900 (N900MH) Helicopter Noise Abatement Test - Crows Landing, Microphones

Switzerland. Morges. 1948 Vauxhall Six Body Detail.

On Lake Constance, Zeppelin in flight

a rocket launching into the sky above a highway with

North America, USA, Washington, Seattle. Two stunt planes perform at the Seafair celebration in Seattle with Mt. Rainier in the background.

VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH THE BOULIMICPortrait of the metropolis Ho Chi Minh City which is experiencing an exponential economic boom.VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH LA BOULIMIQUEPortrait de la métropole Ho-Chi-Minh Ville qui vit un boom économique exponentiel.

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