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This is a list of '''NASA aircraft'''. Throughout its history [[NASA]] has used several different types of aircraft on a permanent, semi-permanent, or short-term basis. These aircraft are usually surplus, but in a few cases are newly built, military aircraft.
== Current aircraft ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Aircraft
! Number in service
! Introduced
! Research Center
|-
| [[Aero Spacelines Super Guppy]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Johnson Space Center]]
|-
| [[Aeromot AMT-200 Super Ximango|Aeromot TG-14]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|-
| [[Eurocopter EC135|Airbus H135]]
| {{right|3}}
|
| [[Kennedy Space Center]]
|-
| [[Beechcraft T-34 Mentor]]
| {{right|3}}
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (1), [[Glenn Research Center]] (2)
|-
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air|Beechcraft B-200]]
| {{right|3}}
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (1), [[Langley Research Center]] (2)
|-
| [[Cirrus SR22]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|-
| [[Cessna 350 Corvalis|Columbia LC-40]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|-
| [[DHC-6 Twin Otter]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Glenn Research Center]]
|-
| [[Dassault Falcon 20|Dassault Falcon HU-25 Guardian]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|-
| [[Gulfstream III|Gulfstream C-20A]]
| {{right|1}}
| {{right|2008}}
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|-
| [[Gulfstream III]]
| {{right|4}}
| {{right|2012}}
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (2), [[Langley Research Center]] (1), [[Johnson Space Center]] (1)
|-
| [[Gulfstream V]]
| {{right|1}}
| {{right|2012}}
| [[Johnson Space Center]]
|-
| [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]]
| {{right|1}}
|
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|-
| [[Lockheed P-3 Orion]]
| {{right|1}}
| {{right|1991}}
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|-
| [[Lockheed U-2|Lockheed ER-2]]
| {{right|2}}
| {{right|1981}}
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|-
| [[Martin B-57 Canberra|Martin WB-57 Canberra]]
| {{right|3}}
|
| [[Johnson Space Center]]
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]]
| {{right|3}}
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]]
| {{right|3}}
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|-
| [[Northrop T-38 Talon]]
| {{right|20}}
| 
| [[Johnson Space Center]] 
|-
|}

== Aircraft ==
{{Import style|sticky}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- class="is-sticky"
! Aircraft !! Type !! Use !! Status (Qty) !! Dates From To !! Research Centers !! Current Location !! Comments
|-
| [[Aero Spacelines Super Guppy]]
[[File:Super Guppy N941 NASA landing.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Heavy transport aircraft
| Active (1)
| 
| N/A
| [[Biggs Army Airfield#NASA El Paso Forward Operating Location|El Paso Forward Operating Location]]
|
|-
| [[Aerojet General X-8]] [[Image:AerojetX8.jpg|100px|right]]
| Rocket
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]], Upper air research and sounding{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=14}}
| Retired
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[NASA Centurion|AeroVironment Centurion]]
[[Image:Centurion-EC98-44822-5.jpg|100px|right|Centurion takes off from Dryden in December 1998]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[NASA ERAST Program|Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)]]
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| Centurion was an evolutionary [[Solar energy|solar]] and [[fuel cell]] [[system]] powered [[unmanned aerial vehicle|unmanned aircraft]].
|-
| [[Gossamer Albatross|AeroVironment Gossamer Albatross]]
[[File:Gossamer Albatross II in flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Human Powered
| Retired (1)
|
|
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]
| 
|-
| [[NASA Helios|AeroVironment Helios]]
[[File:Helios in flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[NASA ERAST Program|Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)]]
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| NASA's Helios Prototype was an evolutionary [[Solar energy|solar]] and [[fuel cell]] [[system]] powered [[unmanned aerial vehicle|unmanned aircraft]].
|-
| [[NASA Pathfinder|AeroVironment Pathfinder]]
[[File:Pathfinder solar aircraft over Hawaii.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[NASA ERAST Program|Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)]]
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| [[NASA Pathfinder|AeroVironment Pathfinder]] Prototype was an evolutionary [[Solar energy|solar]] and [[fuel cell]] [[system]] powered [[unmanned aerial vehicle|unmanned aircraft]].
|-
| [[NASA Pathfinder Plus|AeroVironment Pathfinder Plus]]
[[File:Pathfinder Plus solar aircraft over Hawaii.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[NASA ERAST Program|Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)]]
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]
| Pathfinder Plus Prototype was an evolutionary [[Solar energy|solar]] and [[fuel cell]] [[system]] powered [[unmanned aerial vehicle|unmanned aircraft]].
|-
| [[AeroVironment RQ-14 Dragon Eye]]
[[File:Dragon Eye.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| 
|-
|[[Eurocopter EC135]][[File:NASA Airbus H135 (T3).jpg|frameless|100px]]
|Rotorcraft
|
|Active (2)
|
|[[Kennedy Space Center]]
|[[Kennedy Space Center]]
|
|-
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air]] (NASA 8)
[[File:Beech b300 kingair 350 m-five arp.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Transport Personnel
| Active (1)
|
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| Carries employees from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia and Baltimore
|-
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air|Beechcraft King Air B-200]] (UC-12B)
[[File:NASA Langley's B200 King Air.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (2)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
|-
| [[T-34 Mentor|Beechcraft T-34C]]
[[File:Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor - GPN-2000-001989.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform & Photographic Chase
| Active (2)
| 
| [[Glenn Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|-
| [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1H Iroquois]] (Huey)
[[File:Sniper in chopper (3527391492).jpg|100px|right]]
| Rotorcraft
|
| Retired
| 
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|
|-
| [[LLRV|Bell Lunar Landing Research Vehicle LLRV]] [[File:LLRV 2.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (#2)
|
|-
| [[Bell X-1#X-1A|Bell X-1A Glamorous Glennis]] [[Image:Bell X-1 color.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1946
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum]]
|High-speed and high-altitude testing. First aircraft to break the [[sound barrier]] in level flight.Proved aerodynamic viability of thin wing sections.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|pp=5-7}}
|-
| [[Bell X-1#X-1A|Bell X-1B]] [[File:Bell X-1B USAF.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] 
|
|-
| [[Bell X-1#X-1E|Bell X-1E]] [[File:X-1E On Rogers Dry Lake With Collapsed Nose Gear - GPN-2000-000103.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|-
| [[Bell X-5]] [[Image:Bell-X5-Multiple.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1951
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| First aircraft to fly with [[Variable-sweep wing|variable geometry]] wings.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=11}}
|-
| [[Bell XV-15]]
[[File:Xv-15 inflight.jpg|100px|right]]
| V/STOL, Tilt Rotor
| Research,
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]]
|
|-
| [[Bellanca Skyrocket II]]
[[File:Bellanca Skyrocket II.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Civil Aircraft Test
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Boeing 737]], [[NASA 515]]
[[File:NASA TEST 737-100.jpg|100px|right|[[NASA 515]] during braking test run on snow-covered runway at [[Brunswick Naval Air Station]].]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Terminal Area Productivity]] (TAP)
| Retired (1)
|1974-2003
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[Museum of Flight]]
|[[NASA 515]] is the first [[Boeing 737]] ever built. After being used to qualify the 737 design, NASA heavily modified the aircraft for continuing research.
|-
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-100SR]]
[[File:NASA Shuttle Transport.jpg|100px|right|A NASA [[Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]], a modified [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-100SR]].]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]]
| Retired (2)
| 1977-2012
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| Registered as N905NA (which is a 747-100 model that was acquired from [[American Airlines]] in 1974) and N911NA (a 747-100SR model purchased from [[Japan Airlines]] in 1988). In 2013, Space Center Houston announced plans to display SCA 905 with the mockup shuttle Independence mounted on its back. NASA 905 was erected on site at the space center, having been ferried in pieces from Ellington Field, and the replica shuttle was mounted in August 2014. The display opened in early 2016. N911NA is currently on display at the [[Joe Davies Heritage Airpark]] at Palmdale Plant 42.
|-
| [[Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy|Boeing 747]], (SOFIA)
[[File:SOFIA ED10-0182-01 full.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Airborne observatory]], [[Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy]] (SOFIA)
| Retired (1)
| 1997-2022
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| Retired 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA's Retired SOFIA Aircraft Finds New Home at Arizona Museum |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-retired-sofia-aircraft-finds-new-home-at-arizona-museum |website=NASA |access-date=9 December 2022 |date=8 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boeing 757]]
[[File:NASA Aries 757 at Colorado Springs 2001 EL-1996-00055 flight.jpeg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, Advanced technology
| Retired (1)
|
|
|
| Ex–Eastern Airlines 757
|-
| [[Boeing B-52|Boeing B-52B]] [[File:TF-104G with NASA NB-52B in flight 1979.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Pima Air & Space Museum]] (003), [[Air Force Flight Test Center Museum]] (008)
| X-15 & X-43A launch from Boeing B-52 mothership
|-
| [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47B|Boeing CH-47B Chinook]]
[[File:CH-47B (USA 66-19138 NASA 737).jpg|right|100px|[[NASA]] CH-47B used as an in-flight simulator. Former US Army 66-19138]]
| Rotorcraft
| Research, [[Variable Stability Research Rotorcraft project]]
| Retired (2)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
| It was equipped to fly by wire and had three on board computers. After research was completed, it was returned to the US Army and upgraded to the CH–47D standard.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/ch9.htm|access-date=January 9, 2010|chapter=Rotorcraft Research|title=SP–3300 Flight Research at Ames, 1940–1997|first1=Paul F.|last1=Borchers|first2=James A.|last2=Franklin|first3=Jay W.|last3=Fletcher|publisher=[[NASA]]|location=[[Moffett Field, California]]|date=1998}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker]]
[[File:NASA parabolic flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer, [[Reduced gravity aircraft]]
| Retired (2)
| 1973 - 2004
| [[Ellington Field|Ellington Field, Houston, Texas]]
| [[Ellington Field|Ellington Field, Houston, Texas]]
| [[United States Air Force|USAF]] KC–135As (designated N930NA and N931NA) Potential astronauts were exposed to simulated near–weightlessness. These aircraft are also known as [[Vomit Comet]]s.
|-
| [[Balls 8|Boeing NB-52B]], NASA [[B-52|NB-52B]]
[[File:X-38 Ship -2 Release from B-52 - GPN-2000-000196.jpg|100px|right|[[Balls 8|NASA B-52 Tail Number 008]] is an air launch carrier aircraft "mothership," as well as a research aircraft platform that has been used on a variety of research projects.]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Test Platform
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Edwards Air Force Base]]
| Used as a mothership for the [[X-15]] program, 127 [[Lifting body]] flight tests such as the [[HL-10]] test flight, to support development in the [[Space Shuttle program]], and several other miscellaneous test programs.<ref>{{Cite web|editor-first=Marty|editor-last=Curry|date=May 7, 2008|title=NASA — NASA Dryden Fact Sheet — B-52B "Mothership" Launch Aircraft|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-005-DFRC.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref> After almost 50 years flying service ''Balls 8'' was retired from active service with NASA on December 17, 2004, following its participation in the [[Hyper-X]] program.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Gray|last=Creech|date=December 15, 2004|title=NASA — End of an Era: NASA's Famous B-52B Retires|url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/B-52B_retires.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boeing X-37]] [[Image:Boeing X-37B inside payload fairing before launch.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Active
| 2006 (drop test), 2010 (orbital flight)
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| Reusable orbital spaceplane.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=47}}
|-
| [[Boeing X-40]] [[Image:Boeing X40A.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1998
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| 80% scale Space Maneuver Vehicle testbed.X-37 prototype.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=50}}
|-
| [[Boeing X-48]]
[[File:Boeing X-48C in flight (ED13-0056-01).jpg|100px|right|Boeing X-48C in flight]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]], [[Closed wing#NASA.27s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project|Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project]]<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/NewsReleases/2013/13-08.html|access-date=May 3, 2013|title=NASA - X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft|publisher=NASA|date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| X-48 series was utilized to "evaluate the low-speed stability and control of a low-noise version of a notional hybrid-wing-body design." NASA is hoping that this particular aircraft will aid in the design "green airlines." [[Blended Wing Body]] (BWB) testbed.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=58}}
|-
| [[X-45A|Boeing X-45A]] [[File:Boeing X-45A UCAV.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum]] (#1 Blue), [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] (#2 Red)
| 
|-
| [[Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing]] [[Image:X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing NASA test aircraft EC03-0039-1.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 2002
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| [[Active Aeroelastic Wing]] testbed.<ref name="Jordan2006">{{cite news |url=http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123035661 |title=Active Aeroelastic Wing flight research vehicle receives X-53 designation |publisher=United States Air Force |first=Holly |last=Jordan |date=December 11, 2006 |access-date=August 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605105552/http://www.wpafb.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123035661 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Boeing Vertol VZ-2]] (Model 76)
[[File:Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) NASA GPN-2000-001732.jpg|100px|right|[[VZ-2]] arriving at [[Langley Air Force Base]] from [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in 1960]]
| V/STOL, Tilt Rotor
| Research,
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]] [[Paul E. Garber Facility]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/ch8.htm|access-date=January 9, 2010|chapter=Boundary Layer Control, STOL, V/STOL Aircraft Research |title=SP-3300 Flight Research at Ames, 1940-1997|first1=Paul F.|last1=Borchers|first2=James A.|last2=Franklin|first3=Jay W.|last3=Fletcher|publisher=[[NASA]]|location=[[Moffett Field, California]]|date=1998}}</ref>
| Built in the United States in 1957 to investigate the [[tiltwing]] approach to [[VTOL|vertical take-off and landing]].
|-
| [[Cessna 206#Cessna 206H|Cessna 206H]]
[[File:Cessna206HStationair03.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (1)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
|-
| [[Cessna Skymaster|Cessna 337 Skymaster]]
| Fixed Wing
| Civil Aircraft Test, [[Small Aircraft Transportation System]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Cessna T-37 Tweet|Cessna 318 T-37 Tweet]]
[[File:T-37 021203-O-9999G-003.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Civil Aircraft Test, [[Small Aircraft Transportation System]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Cirrus SR22]]
[[File:CirrusDesignSR22C-FJSH02.JPG|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Civil Aircraft Test, [[Small Aircraft Transportation System]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Convair 880]]
[[File:DAL-Convair-880inflight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Controlled Impact Demonstration|Controlled Impact Demonstration Program]]
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Convair 990]] (Galileo)
[[File:Convair 990 In flight EC93-41018-12.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Airborne observatory]], [[Galileo Observatory]]
| Destroyed (1), Retired (1) & Crashed (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Mojave Air and Space Port]]
| The Galileo I aircraft was lost in a mid-air collision in 1973 with a P-3. The Galileo II continued service into the 1980s providing research into aeronautics, astronautics, astronomy, and earth observations, but was destroyed in 1985 by fire after the right main landing gear failed and punctured fuel tanks. NASA 810 was used to test the shuttle landing gear and braking systems, before being retired.
|-
| [[F-106 Delta Dart|Convair F–106 Delta Dart]] (QF–106A)
[[File:Whitcomb with f106 in 1991.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| 
| Retired
| 1986 - 1998
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
|-
| [[Convair C-131 Samaritan]] (Convair CV-240)
[[File:C-131F Samaritan VR-30 in flight.JPEG|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Training, [[Reduced gravity aircraft]], [[Landsat|Landsat Earth Resources Survey program (ERS)]]
| Retired (2)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]], [[Ellington Field|Ellington Field, Houston, TX]]
| 
| Project Mercury astronauts flew aboard a C-131 Samaritan flying as the "vomit comet
|-
| [[Dassault Falcon 20|Dassault HU-25C Falcon]]
[[File:Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20F-5 (PH-BPS).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (1)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
|-
| [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo]] (Bisontennial) named in 1976
[[File:NASA C-8A AWJSRA on take-off.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[STOL]]
| Retired (1)
| 1970s late - early 1980s
| [[Ames Research Center]]
|
| Fitted with a short-span [[Boeing]] wing incorporating split-flow [[turbofan]] engines based on the [[Rolls-Royce Spey]] (providing both propulsion and augmentor airflow for the powered lift system).<ref name="Baugher2008">Baugher, Joseph F. [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1963.html "1963 USAF Serial Numbers."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112063148/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1963.html |date=January 12, 2009 }} ''USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers—1908 to Present'', 2008. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref><ref name = "Buser2006">Buser, Wayne E. [http://www.dhc4and5.org/Buffalo9.html "NASA Buffalos."] ''The deHavilland Caribou (DHC-4) and Buffalo (DHC-5) Website'', 2006. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref><ref name="Astrogram1">[http://history.arc.nasa.gov/Astrogram/astrogram_1972_5.pdf "First Augmentor Wing Aircraft Flight."] ''The Astrogram'', Volume XIV, Issue May 16, 11, 2005, pp. 1–2. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref><ref name = "DemandMedia1">{{cite web |url=http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N716NA |title=Photo Search Results: N716NA |work=Airliners.net |access-date=September 13, 2009}}</ref> Beginning in 1972 with its first flight in this experimental configuration, this aircraft was used jointly by the [[NASA Ames Research Center]] and the Canadian [[Industry Canada|Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce]] for STOL research.<ref name = "Astrogram1"/><ref name = "FlightInternational1">[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201112.html "STOL Buffalo Flies."] ''Flight International'', Volume 101, Issue 3295, p. 658. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref>
|-
| [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo]] (QSRA)
[[File:NASA QSRA.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[STOL]], [[Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft]] program.<ref name = "Baugher2008"/><ref name = "Buser2006"/><ref name = "Norton2002">Norton, Bill. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8zl09uULN8IC ''STOL Progenitors: The Technology Path to a Large STOL Transport and the C-17A''.] Reston, VA: AIAA, 2002. {{ISBN|978-1-56347-576-4}}.</ref>{{rp|153}}<ref name = "GlobalSecurity2005">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-8.htm "CV-7 / C-8A Buffalo / DHC-5."] ''GlobalSecurity.org''. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref><ref name = Shovlin1978>Shovlin, Michael D. and John A. Cochrane. [https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19790002863 1979002863.pdf "An Overview of the Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft Program."] ''nasa.gov'', 1978. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref><ref name = "DemandMedia2">[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N715NA&distinct entry=true "N715NA."] ''Airliners.net'', Aviation Photos. Retrieved: September 13, 2009.</ref>
| Retired (1)
| 1970s late - early 1980s
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| The experimental wing was designed, fabricated and installed by Boeing was a [[Swept wing|swept]], [[Supercritical airfoil|supercritical]] design incorporating a [[boundary layer control system]].<ref name="GlobalSecurity2005"/><ref name=Shovlin1978/>{{rp|8}} Instead of the standard engines, this aircraft was powered by four prototype [[Honeywell ALF 502|Avco Lycoming YF102]] high-bypass turbofan engines (originally from the [[Northrop YA-9]] program) mounted above the wing to take advantage of the [[Coandă effect]].<ref name=Shovlin1978/>{{rp|9–10}} In 1980, this aircraft participated in carrier trials aboard {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}}, demonstrating STOL performance without the use of catapults or arrestor gear.<ref name = "Buser2006"/><ref name = "Norton2002"/>{{rp|154}}
|-
| [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] (N607NA)
[[File:De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter, NASA AN0727923.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, aircraft icing
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Glenn Research Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://icebox.grc.nasa.gov/facilities/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518150125/http://icebox.grc.nasa.gov/facilities/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2007|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=NASA GRC Icing Branch Facilities|date=October 28, 2008|work=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
| [[Middle Tennessee State University]] at [[Murfreesboro Municipal Airport]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middle Tennessee State University Department of Aerospace on LinkedIn: Not only are we growing our flight training fleet, we are also growing our… |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/middle-tennessee-state-university-department-of-aerospace_not-only-are-we-growing-our-flight-training-activity-6974025049578037248-qRAh |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Doak VZ-4]]
[[File:Doak VZ-4 in hovering flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| VTOL
| Research
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[U.S. Army Transportation Museum]]
| 
|-
| [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]]
[[File:C-47H NASA in flight 1963.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Test
| Retired
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Douglas DC-6|Douglas C-118 Liftmaster]]
[[File:Douglas C-118A Liftmaster (DC-6A), NASA AN2204136.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
|
|
|
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|
|
|-
| [[Douglas C-133 Cargomaster]]
[[File:C-133b-sanfrancsiscobay.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Heavy Transport Aircraft
| Retired
| 1966-1969
| 
| 
|
|-
| [[Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak]] [[File:Douglas Skystreak D-588-I.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of Naval Aviation]] (#1), [[Carolinas Aviation Museum]] (#3)
|
|-
| [[Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket]] [[File:D-558-II-NASA-E-1442.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Planes of Fame Museum]] (#1), [[National Air and Space Museum]] (#2), [[Antelope Valley College]] (#3)
|
|-
| [[Douglas F5D Skylancer]]
[[File:F5D in flight 1971.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer, Chase Plane
| Retired (2)
| 1961 - 1970
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum]] (802), [[Ontario Municipal Airport]] (708)
| Used as a testbed for supersonic research and to train pilots for the [[X-20 Dyna-Soar]] program. The F5D-1 Skylancer had a wing planform similar to the proposed design for Dyna-Soar. After the Dyna-Soar program was canceled in December 1963, one F5D-1 stayed on at Armstrong, eventually becoming a [[flight simulator]] for the [[M2-F2]], and a [[chase plane]] for experimental flights until 1970. In May 1970 one of the aircraft was retired and donated to the [[Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/F-5D/HTML/EC71-02569.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=NASA Dryden F5D-1 Photo Collection|date=September 27, 2007|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]] Photo Collection|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Douglas X-3 Stiletto]]
[[File:Douglas X-3 NASA E-17348.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]]
| Retired (1)
| 1952-1956
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| [[Titanium]] alloy construction; low [[aspect ratio]] wings. Planned to test long-duration high-speed flight. Incapable of reaching design speed, but provided insights into [[inertia coupling]].{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=9}}
|-
| [[Dyke Delta]]
[[File:N18DW Dyke Delta.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Eiri-Avion PIK-20]]
[[File:Pik20E NASA.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, Sailplane
| Research, Lift & Aerodynamics
| Retired (1)
| 1981-1996
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[General Atomics ALTUS]]
[[File:NASA ALTUS UAV.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[NASA ERAST Program|Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)]]
| Retired? (2)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]] (Predator-B IKHANA)
[[File:Ikhana Flies the Western States Fire Mission.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research Platform
| Active (1)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|-
| [[F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F–16 Fighting Falcon]]
[[File:N816NA GD F-16A Fighting Falcon NASA (9077111923).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research,
| Retired (2)
| 1988 - 1999
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| 
| Prototypes of the [[General Dynamics F-16XL|F–16XL]], designed as a competitor to the [[F-15E Strike Eagle]] in the [[United States Air Force|USAF's]] Enhanced Tactical Fighter program
|-
| [[General Dynamics F-16 VISTA]]
[[File:3 three thrust-vectoring aircraft.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Variability in flight simulator aircraft]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|Now in use by the [[U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School|USAF Test PIlot School]] under the designation [[General Dynamics X-62 VISTA|X-62]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=NF-16D VISTA becomes X-62A |url=https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/2714183/nf-16d-vista-becomes-x-62a/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edwards.af.mil%2FNews%2FArticle-View%2FArticle%2F2714183%2Fnf-16d-vista-becomes-x-62a%2F |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Edwards Air Force Base |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[General Dynamics F-16XL]]
[[File:F-16xl.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research,
| Retired (2)
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (1)
|
|-
| [[Grumman Gulfstream I]]
[[File:Nasa N5VX.jpg|100px|NASA Gulfstream I N5VX at Prestwick]]
| Fixed Wing
|
| Retired (7)
|
|
| [[Johnson Space Center]]
|
|-
| [[Grumman X-29]]
[[File:Grumman-X29-InFlight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]], [[Forward swept wing]]
| Retired (2)
| 1984-1991
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| 
|-
| [[Grumman Gulfstream II]]
[[File:Gulfstream II - Shuttle Training Aircraft 948.jpg|100px|right|A [[Shuttle Training Aircraft]] at [[Patrick Space Force Base]], ready for takeoff.]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Shuttle Training Aircraft]] (STA)
| Active (4)
| 
| NA
| [[Biggs Army Airfield#NASA El Paso Forward Operating Location|El Paso Forward Operating Location]], [[Ellington Field|Ellington Field, Houston, Texas]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/rtf_week5_sta.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=NASA - Test Drive: Shuttle Training Aircraft Preps Astronauts for Landing|date=March 3, 2005|work=[[NASA]]}}</ref> (NASA C-11A)
| 
|-
| [[Gulfstream G-III]]
[[File:NASA C-20A 30502.jpg|100px|right|[[Gulfstream G-III]] with NASA markings.]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]], [[Unmanned Air Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar]] (UAVSAR)
| Active (1)
| 2003 - Today
| [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (NASA C–20A)
| Acquired from the [[United States Air Force]] and modified by [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]. The aircraft was equipped with a self-contained on-board Data Collection and Processing System (DCAPS), which allows for automated configuration setups thereby reducing engineering costs for each flight. The aircraft has been used by the [[UAVSAR|Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar]] (UAVSAR) program, the [[Access 5]] program alongside [[Scaled Composites Proteus]] aircraft, and as a test bed to develop [[Airborne collision avoidance system|collision avoidance]] systems and procedures.<ref>{{Cite web|editor-first=Marty|editor-last=Curry|date=March 1, 2008|title=Gulfstream III Multi-Role Cooperative Research Platform|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/G-III/index.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gulfstream G-III]], NASA one
[[File:NASA C-20A 30502.jpg|100px|right|[[Gulfstream G-III]] with NASA markings.]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Business jet]] of the [[Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA Administrator]]
| Active (1)
| 2003 - 2008
| NA
|
| NASA one was a [[Gulfstream G-III]] with a [[seating capacity]] of 12 people. The jet is stored in an [[FAA]] hangar along with 3 other government planes.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Day in the Life of NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe|newspaper=[[SpaceRef.com]]|publisher=[[SpaceRef Interactive]]|first=Keith|last=Cowing|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=939|date=March 22, 2004}}</ref> NASA now shares a plane with [[FAA]].
|-
| [[Gulfstream X-54]]
| 
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Proposed
| 
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| 
|-
| [[Hawker Siddeley P.1127]]
[[File:Hawker Siddeley P.1127 in flight at NASA Langley 1968 (cropped).jpeg|100px|right]]
| V/STOL
|
| Retired
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| 
|
|-
| [[Kreider-Reisner XC-31]]
[[File:Kreider-Reisner XC-31 USAF.JPG|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, DeIcing
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Learjet 23]]
[[File:Learjet 23 der NASA.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Business jet]]
| ?
|
| 
|
|
|-
| [[Learjet 24]]
[[File:NASA DFRC Lear 24 in flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Business jet]]
| 
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| 
| Lear Jet Airborne Observatory<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/X-Press/1998/Nov30/learjet.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308004426/http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/X-Press/1998/Nov30/learjet.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 8, 2003 |title=Lear Jet gets new cameras |work=The Dryden X-Press |publisher=NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center |first=Gray |last=Creech |volume=40 |issue=22 |date=November 30, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/58474723/NASA-Facts-Lear-Jet-Flight-Research-Support-Aircraft |title=Lear Jet Flight Research Support Aircraft |publisher=NASA/Dryden Flight Flight Research Center |date=1998 |id=FS-1998-11-057}}</ref>
|-
| [[Learjet 25]]
[[File:Learjet 25 der NASA.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Business jet]]
| Active
| 
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| 
|-
| [[Learjet 28]]
[[File:Learjet 28-29.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Business jet]]
|
|
| 
|
|
|-
| [[LTV XC-142|Ling-Temco-Vought LTV XC-142]]
[[File:Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A.jpg|100px|right]]
| V/STOL, Tilt Wing
| Research, Transport aircraft
| Retired (1)
| 1966-1970
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[C-5 Galaxy|Lockheed C-5 Galaxy]]
[[File:Usaf.c5.galaxy.750pix.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Heavy transport aircraft
| Active (2)
|
|
| 
| Flown by [[United States Air Force|USAF]] crews.
|-
| [[Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed C-121 Starliner]]
[[File:C-69.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| 
| Retired
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Lockheed C-141A Starlifter]]
[[File:NASA C-141A KAO.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| [[Airborne observatory]], [[Kuiper Airborne Observatory]]
| Retired (1)
| 1974 - 1995
| [[Ames Research Center]]
|
| 
|-
| [[Lockheed F-104|Lockheed F-104A Starfighter]] [[File:F-104A NACA at Edwards AFB 1960.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum]] (818) (N818NA), [[Air Force Flight Test Center Museum]] (N820NA) (0790)
|
|-
| [[Lockheed F-104|Lockheed F-104B Starfighter]] [[File:Lockheed F-104B Starfighter ‘71303 - FG-303’ (30054926701).jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[McClellan AFB]] (N819NA)
|
|-
| [[Lockheed F-104|Lockheed F-104G Starfighter]] [[File:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Estrella Warbird Museum]] (N824NA), [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] (N826NA)
|
|-
| [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter|Lockheed F-104N Starfighter]] [[File:N812NA Lockheed F-104N Starfighter NASA (9077101093).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Chase
| Retired (6) & Crashed (1)
| 1963 - 1995
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] (N811NA) (4045), [[Lockheed Martin]], Palmdale, CA (N812NA)
| One of these aircraft, piloted by [[Joseph Albert Walker|Joe Walker]], collided with the [[XB-70 Valkyrie]] experimental bomber on June 8, 1966, killing Walker.
|-
| [[Lockheed JetStar]]
[[File:N814NA Lockheed Jetstar NASA (9079513730).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform
| Retired (1)
| 1964-1989
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[C-130 Hercules|Lockheed NC-130B Hercules]]
[[File:NASA NC-130B N707NA in flight (AC91-0367-24).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Landsat|Landsat Earth Resources Survey program (ERS)]]
| Active (1)
|
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|
|-
| [[P-3 Orion|Lockheed P–3 Orion]]
[[File:P-3 on the Ramp in Kangerlussuaq (5589976906).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (1)
| 
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]
|
|-
| [[S-3 Viking|Lockheed S–3 Viking]]
[[File:NASA Glenn Research Center S-3B.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform
| Retired
|
| [[Glenn Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[SR-71 Blackbird|Lockheed SR-71]]
[[File:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer
| Retired (1)
| 1991 - 1999
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Pima Air Museum]]
| The plane was permanently retired in 1998, and the Air Force quickly disposed of their SR-71s, leaving NASA with the last two airworthy Blackbirds until 1999.<ref name="NASA/DFRC SR-71 Blackbird">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-030-DFRC.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=NASA/DFRC SR-71 Blackbird|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref> All other Blackbirds have been moved to museums except for the two SR-71s and a few [[Lockheed D-21/M-21|D-21]] drones retained by the NASA Dryden Research Center.<ref name="Jenkins 2001">{{Cite book |title=Lockheed Secret Projects: Inside the Skunk Works |publisher=[[Zenith Imprint]] |location=[[St. Paul, Minnesota]] |first=Dennis R. |last=Jenkins |date=2001 |isbn=978-0-7603-0914-8}}</ref>
|-
| [[SR-71 Blackbird|Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer
| Retired (1)
| 1991 - 1999
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| The plane was permanently retired in 1998, and the Air Force quickly disposed of their SR-71s, leaving NASA with the last two airworthy Blackbirds until 1999.<ref name="NASA/DFRC SR-71 Blackbird"/> All other Blackbirds have been moved to museums except for the two SR-71s and a few [[Lockheed D-21/M-21|D-21]] drones retained by the NASA [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]].<ref name="Jenkins 2001"/>
|-
| [[SR-71 Blackbird|Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer
| Retired (1)
| 1991 - 1999
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum]]
| The plane was permanently retired in 1998, and the Air Force quickly disposed of their SR-71s, leaving NASA with the last two airworthy Blackbirds until 1999.<ref name="NASA/DFRC SR-71 Blackbird"/> All other Blackbirds have been moved to museums except for the two SR-71s and a few [[Lockheed D-21/M-21|D-21]] drones retained by the NASA [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]].<ref name="Jenkins 2001"/>
|-
| [[Lockheed U-2|Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Lady"]]
[[File:Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]], [[Landsat|Landsat Earth Resources Survey program (ERS)]], High Altitude
| Active (2)
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| 
| Modified to the ER-2 (Earth Resources-2) standard
|-
| [[Lockheed YF-12]]
[[File:YF-12A.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research,
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]], [[Glenn Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
|
|-
| [[Lockheed YO-3|Lockheed YO–3 Quiet Star]]
[[File:Lockheed YO-3.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin X-33|X-33 Venture Star]] [[Image:X-33 Venture Star in Orbit.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired (1)
| Prototype never completed
| [[Lockheed Martin]]
|
| Half-scale [[reusable launch vehicle]] prototype.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=42}}
|-
| [[X-44 MANTA|Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| Cancelled
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| [[F-22]]-based Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft thrust vectoring testbed.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=54}}
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin X-56]] (MUTT) [[File:Lockheed Martin X-56A.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research Platform, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]], Multi-Utility Technology Testbed
| Retired (1)
| 2012
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| Active flutter suppression and gust load alleviation technology for potential use in future high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) reconnaissance aircraft.<ref name="Norris2012">{{cite news |url=http://aviationweek.com/awin/usaf-reveals-latest-x-plane-x-56a |title=USAF Reveals Latest X-Plane: X-56A |work=[[Aviation Week]] |first=Guy |last=Norris |date=February 1, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST]] [[File:Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]]
| In Development (1)
| 2022
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| Low boom quiet super sonic demonstrator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-x-59-quiet-supersonic-research-aircraft-cleared-for-final-assembly| access-date=January 1, 2021 |title=NASA's X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Cleared for Final Assembly| date=December 16, 2019| publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra|Martin WB–57 Canberra]]
[[File:928 Desktop.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform - [[Airborne Science Program]], [[Landsat|Landsat Earth Resources Survey program (ERS)]] High Altitude
| Active (3)
|
| [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]
| [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]
| [[Earth Resources Technology Satellite program]] (ERTS), [[Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers]] - [[Florida Area Cirrus Experiment]] (CRYSTAL - FACE) and [[Clouds and Water Vapor in the Climate System]] (CWVCS)
|-
| [[Martin-Marietta X-24|Martin-Marietta X-24A]] [[Image:X24.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| Low-speed [[lifting body]] handling testbed.Lifting body aerodynamic shape trials.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|pp=31-32}}
|-
| [[Martin-Marietta X-24|Martin-Marietta X-24B]] [[Image:X24B.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1973
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| Low-speed [[lifting body]] handling testbed.Lifting body aerodynamic shape trials.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|pp=31-32}}
|-
| [[Breguet 941|McDonnell 188]] (Breguet 941)
[[File:McDonnell 188.jpg|100px|right]]
| STOL
|
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-8]]
[[File:NASA's McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Airborne Laboratory.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Retired <ref>{{cite web |last1=Aguirre |first1=Elena |title=NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire |url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-dc-8-completes-final-mission-set-to-retire/ |website=NASA |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> 
|1987-2024
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas C-9|McDonnell Douglas C-9 Skytrain II]]
[[File:DC-9 reduced-gravity training aircraft - going up.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Training, [[Reduced gravity aircraft]]
| Active (1)
| 2005 - TBD
| [[Johnson Space Center]]
| 
| Ex-[[United States Navy|USN C-9B]]
|-
| [[F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]]
[[File:F-4B VMFA-314 1968.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Chase Plane
| Retired
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
|
| X-15 program, [[Lifting body]] flights (also collected biomedical data and used to see if sonic booms could be used as a weapon)
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-15|McDonnell Douglas F-15A]] RPRV/SRV [[File:67 FS F-15 Eagle in action at Red Flag–Alaska.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] 
|
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD]]
[[File:F15smtd01.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, advanced propulsion concepts
| Retired (1)
| 1993 – 1999 and IFCS programs 2002 – TBD
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] [[F-15S/MTD]]
| The F-15B research aircraft (tail number 837), the first two-seat F-15 built by McDonnell Douglas, was used initially for developmental testing and evaluation.
|-
| [[F-15B|McDonnell Douglas F-15B]] [[File:NASA F-15B 836 with Quiet Spike.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Active (1) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-055-DFRC.html| access-date=April 11, 2020 |title=NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed| date=June 3, 2015| first=Yvonne| last=Gibbs |author-link=Yvonne Gibbs | publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] 
| 
|-
| [[F-15D|McDonnell Douglas F-15D]] [[File:F-15D 897 Flight over Mojave Desert.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Active (2) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/aircraft/F-15D/index.html| access-date=April 11, 2020 |title=F-15D Support Aircraft| date=June 3, 2015| publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] 
| 
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] [[File:NASA's_F-A-18_Hornets.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Active (3) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-006-DFRC.html| access-date=January 1, 2021 |title=F/A=18 Support Aircraft| date=November 5, 2015| publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]] 
| 
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] (842NA)
[[File:FA18 LEX.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research
| [[Retired]]
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Clear Channel Stadium]]
|
|-
| [[High Alpha Research Vehicle|McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 HARV]]
[[File:FA18 LEX.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, High Alpha Research Vehicle
| [[Retired]]
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Virginia Air and Space Center]] (840NA)
|
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas X-36]] [[Image:Boeing-X36-InFlight.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1997
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| 28% scale [[Tailless aircraft|tailless fighter]] testbed.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=46}}
|-
| [[McCulloch J-2]]
[[File:McCulloch J-2 Aero Super Gyroplane - GPN-2000-001904.jpg|100px|right]]
| Rotorcraft
| Civil Test
| Retired? (1)
| 1973
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[NASA X-43|Micro Craft X-43 Hyper-X]] [[Image:X-43 NASA.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 2001
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| [[Scramjet]] hypersonic testbed (Mach 9.68) (110,000&nbsp;ft).{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=53}}
|-
| [[NASA X-57]] [[Image:X57-Maxwell-CGI (cropped).jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| In Development (1)
| 2021
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| Fully electric powered aircraft demonstrator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-109.html| access-date=January 1, 2021 |title=NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: NASA X-57 Maxwell| date=September 13, 2018| publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[MIT Daedalus]]
[[File:Daedalus-human-powered-aircraft.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Human Powered
| Retired (1)
| 1988
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Museum of Science (Boston)]]
|
|-
| [[NASA AD-1]]
[[Image:NASA AD-1 in flight.jpg|100px|right|NASA AD–1]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Oblique Wing
| Retired (1)
| 1979 - 1982
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Hiller Aviation Museum]]
| Successfully demonstrated an aircraft [[wing]] that could be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2008|first=Marty|last=Curry|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-019-DFRC.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=NASA — NASA Dryden Fact Sheet — AD–1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112093500/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-019-DFRC.html|archive-date=January 12, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
| [[NASA Hyper III]]
[[File:Hyper III at Dryden 1969.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| 
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[NASA Mini-Sniffer]]
[[File:Mini-Sniffer III on Lakebed.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, atmosphere, high altitude
| Retired (3)
| 1975 - 1982
| [[Langley Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[NASA M2-F1]]
[[Image:NASA M2-F1.jpg|100px|right|NASA M2–F1 [[Lifting body]]]]
| Fixed Wing
| Model
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| The [[NASA M2-F1]] was a lightweight, unpowered prototype aircraft, developed to flight test the wingless [[Lifting body]] concept. It looked like a "flying bathtub," and was designated the M2–F1, the "M" referring to "manned" and "F" referring to "flight" version. In 1962, NASA Dryden management approved a program to build a lightweight, unpowered [[Lifting body]] prototype. It featured a plywood shell placed over a tubular steel frame crafted at Dryden. Construction was completed in 1963.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=R. Dale|first2=Darlene|last2=Lister|date=2002|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19980169231.pdf|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=Wingless Flight: The Lifting body Story|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=0-8131-9026-6}}</ref>
|-
| [[NASA Paresev]]
[[File:Paresev 1-B in Tow Flight - GPN-2000-000212.jpg|100px|right|NASA Parasev]]
| Fixed Wing, Paraglider
| Research, Space Capsule Safety (1)
| Retired (4)
| 1961 - 1965
| 
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]
| Was designed to study the ability of the [[Rogallo wing]], also called ''Parawing'', to descend a payload such as the [[Project Gemini|Gemini]] space capsule safely from high altitude to ground.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=[[Aviation News]] |publisher=[[HPC Publishing]] |url=http://www.aviation-news.co.uk/Parasev.html |access-date=January 9, 2010 |title=The Rogallo Parasev: A revolution in flying wings |date=March 2007 |issue=March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927120105/http://www.aviation-news.co.uk/Parasev.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|first=Mark|last=Wade|date=July 31, 2008|title=FIRST Re-entry glider|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/firlider.htm|access-date=January 9, 2010|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116235419/http://astronautix.com/craft/firlider.htm|archive-date=January 16, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Specifically, the Paresev was a test vehicle used to learn how to control this paraglider for a safe landing at a normal [[airfield]].
|-
| [[NASA X-43]]
[[File:X-43A.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]]
| Retired (3)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[North American AJ Savage]]
[[File:AJ-1 in flight over California 1950.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer, [[Reduced gravity aircraft]]
| Retired (3)
| 1960 - TBD
| 
|
|
|-
| [[North American A3J-1 Vigilante]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research - Supersonic transport program
| Retired (3)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|A3J-1 147858 to NASA as 858. Brought from NAS Patuxent River and spent one year at in support of supersonic transport program.
|-
| [[North American F-82 Twin Mustang]]
[[File:North American XP-82 Twin Mustang 44-83887.Color.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Handling & Performance
| Retired (1)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[North American F-86 Sabre]]
[[File:NACA North American F-86F Sabre at the Rogers Dry Lakebed, California (USA), in 1954 (E-1326).jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Chase
| Retired
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[North American F-100 Super Sabre]]
[[File:JF-100C NASA at Edwards AFB 1962.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
|
| Retired
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[North American OV-10 Bronco]]
[[File:NASA OV-10.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Noise & Wave Turbulence
| Retired
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[North American X-15]] (Rocket plane)
[[File:X-15 in flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]], Hypersonic Flight
| Retired (1)
| 1959 - 1968
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]
| Conceived by [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics|NACA]], three were built and explored the regime of hypersonic flight, often regarded as a direct predecessor to the [[Space Shuttle]]
|-
| [[X-15A-2|North American X-15A-2]] [[File:X-15 in flight.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
|
|-
|-
| [[XB-70 Valkyrie|North American XB-70A Valkyrie]]
[[File:North American XB-70 in flight ECN-2128.jpg|100px|right|XB–70 Valkyrie on display at [[Wright-Patterson AFB]]]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research,
| Retired (1), Crashed (1)
| 1965 - 1969
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]
| NASA participated heavily in the design and testing of the [[XB-70 Valkyrie]] in the mid to late 1960s. NASA and the [[United States Air Force]] had a joint agreement to use the second XB–70A prototype for high–speed research flights in support of the proposed [[Boeing 2707|SST program]]. These plans went awry on June 8, 1966, when the second XB–70 crashed following a midair collision with NASA's F–104N chase plane. After 33 research flights following the mid–air collision, the remaining XB–70A was flown to [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]] on February 4, 1969 for museum display.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 9, 2009 |first=Marty|last=Curry|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-084-DFRC.html|access-date=January 9, 2010|title=NASA — XB–70A Valkyrie|work=[[Dryden Flight Research Center]]|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[North American YF-93]]
[[File:North American YF-93A on lakebed.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research,
| Retired (2)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[North American F-107]] [[File:NAA XF-107A.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Pima Air and Space Museum]] (#1) (55-5118)
|
|-
| [[Northrop HL-10]]
[[File:Northrup HL-10.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Lifting body]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|-
| [[Northrop M2-F2]]
[[File:Northrop M2-F2.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Lifting body]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Northrop M2-F3]]
[[File:Northrop M2-F3.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Lifting body]]
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]
|
|-
| [[T-38 Talon|Northrop T-38 Talon]]
[[File:Northrop T-38A Talon - GPN-2000-001906.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Trainer
| Active, Retired
| 1960s - Today
| 
| [[Biggs Army Airfield#NASA El Paso Forward Operating Location|El Paso Forward Operating Location]], [[Ellington Field|Ellington Field, Houston, Texas]]
| Used as a jet trainer for its astronauts since the 1960s.
|-
| [[X-4 Bantam|Northrop X-4 Bantam]] [[Image:Northrop-X4-Bantam.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1948
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Air Force Flight Test Center Museum#Air Force Flight Test Museum]]
| Evaluated handling characteristics of [[tailless aircraft]] in the [[transonic]] speed region.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=10}}
|-
| [[F-5E|Northrop-Grumman F-5E]] modified
[[File:F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration aircraft.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration]] (SSBD)
| Retired (1)
| 2003-2007
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[Langley Research Center]]
| [[Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum]]
| The [[Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration]] was a two-year program that used an [[F-5E]] with a modified [[fuselage]] in order to demonstrate that the aircraft's shockwave, and accompanying [[sonic boom]], can be shaped and thereby reduced.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/sonicboom_techwed_042104.html|access-date=January 10, 2010|title=Shushing Sonic Booms: Changing the Shape of Supersonic Planes|newspaper=[[Space.com]]|publisher=[[Imaginova]]|first=Tariq|last=Malik|date=April 21, 2004}}</ref>
|-
| [[Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk]] [[File:NASA Global Hawk.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (2)
| 
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
|-
| [[Orbital Sciences X-34]] [[Image:Orbital Sciences X34.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| Never flew
| 
| [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] 
| Reusable unmanned space plane testbed.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=43}}
|-
| [[OMAC Laser 300]]
[[File:OMAC Laser 300.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Civil Test
| Retired (3)
| 
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche]] [[File:Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche landing.jpg|100px|right]]
|
|
| Retired
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Kings River Community College]] (808NA) 
|
|-
| [[Pitcairn PAA-1]]
[[File:Pitcairn Autogiro NASA GPN-2000-001990.jpg|100px|right]]
| V/STOL
| Research,
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Rockwell HiMAT|Rockwell RPRV-870 HiMAT]]
[[File:HIMAT.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research, Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology
| Retired (2)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]
|
|-
| [[Rockwell-MBB X-31]]
[[File:Rockwell-MBB X-31 landing.JPG|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]], Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability (EFM)
| Retired (1), Crashed (2)
|
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]], [[European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company]]
| Oberschleißheim Museum (part of the [[Deutsches Museum]])
| 
|-
| [[Rutan VariEze]]
[[File:Rutan.variEze.g-veze.arp.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Civil Air
| Active
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane]]
[[File:VZ-3RY flaps down on runway.jpg|100px|right]]
| VTOL
| Experimental VTOL aircraft
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Moffett Federal Airfield]]
| [[United States Army Aviation Museum]]
|
|-
| [[XV-5 Vertifan|Ryan XV–5 Vertifan]]
[[File:XV-5-ramp.jpg|100px|right]]
| V/STOL
| Research, Rescue Research
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| [[United States Army Aviation Museum]]
|
|-
| [[NASA X-38|Scaled Composites X-38]] [[Image:ISS Crew Return Vehicle.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired (2)
| 1999
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum]] (V-131), [[Strategic Air and Space Museum]](V-132)
| Lifting body [[Crew Return Vehicle]] demonstrator.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=48}}
|-
| [[Systems Integration Evaluation Remote Research Aircraft (SIERRA)]]
[[File:SIERRA-Systems Integration Evaluation Remote Research Aircraft.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Crashed (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| Lost at Sea
| 
|-
| [[X-26 Frigate|Schweizer X-26 Frigate]] [[Image:X-26 sailplane.jpg|100px|right]]
|
| Research, [[List of X-planes|X-Planes]],
| Retired
| 1967
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[National Soaring Museum]] (1-36)
| Training [[glider aircraft|glider]] for [[Dutch roll|yaw-roll coupling]]Quiet [[observation plane|observation aircraft]] testbed.{{sfn|Jenkins|Landis|Miller|2003|p=34}}
|-
| [[CH-54 Tarhe|Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe]]
[[File:Sikorsky Skycrane carrying parachute bomb c.jpg|100px|right]]
| Rotorcraft
| Utility
| Retired (1)
| 18 Mar 1972 - 15 Jan 1974
| [[Langley Research Center]]
| Firefighting helicopter
| NASA s/n was NASA 539. Now owned by US Leaseco Inc Aurora,OR,US https://www.helis.com/database/cn/5060/
|-
| [[Sikorsky H-19]]
[[File:Sikorsky S-55 inflight c.jpg|100px|right]]
| Rotorcraft
| Utility
| Retired (1)
|
| [[Langley Research Center]]
|
|
|-
| [[Sikorsky S-72]], RSRA
[[File:NASA RSRA in flight.jpg|100px|right]]
| V/STOL
| Research,
| Retired (2)
| 1979-?
| [[Ames Research Center]], [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
|
| RSRA, Rotor Systems Research Aircraft
|-
| [[F-8 Crusader|Vought F-8 Crusader]] (Fly by Wire)
[[File:1972-10-07 VoughtF-8 FlyByWire.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, [[Fly-by-wire#Digital systems|Digital Fly–By–Wire]] Control System
| Retired (1)
| 1970s
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| Technology has become standard on modern high performance military aircraft.
|-
| [[F-8 Crusader|Vought F-8 Crusader]] (Supercritical wing)
[[File:NASA F-8A Crusader Supercritical Wing Aircraft - GPN-2000-002001.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research Platform, Supercritical wing
| Retired (1)
| 1970s
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]
| Technology has become standard on modern high performance military aircraft.
|-
| [[XF8U-3 Crusader III|Vought XF8U–3 Crusader III]]
[[File:XF8U-3 Crusader III.jpg|100px|right]]
| Fixed Wing
| Research, Atmospheric Platform
| Retired (3)
| 1958-?
|
|
|
|-
| [[eXperimental Sensor-Controller Aerial Vehicle (XSCAV)]]
| Fixed Wing, UAV
| Research Platform, [[Airborne Science Program]]
| Active (1)
| 
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| [[Ames Research Center]]
| 
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425225303/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph31.pdf |title=American X-Vehicles: An Inventory—X-1 to X-50 |series=Monographs in Aerospace History No. 31 |publisher=NASA |first1=Dennis R. |last1=Jenkins |first2=Tony |last2=Landis |first3=Jay |last3=Miller |date=June 2003 |id=SP-2003-4531 |oclc=68623213}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/HistoricAircraft/where_are/index.html Where Are They Now?] at NASA Dryden

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