C-5A: wing vortice test
The Lockheed C-5A Galaxy undergoing a wing vortice test at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, c. 1970s.
NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
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© SpaceX/Reuters; music © Ian Post/Artlist.ioSpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket launched on May 22, 2026.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about mining and refining copper from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.It was a world before streaming services.Media Editor: Lauren Sims
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The world's first military airplane is demonstrated for the U.S. Army in 1909 by Orville Wright, shown here climbing into the pilot's seat. Wright and Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm are catapulted down a rail and launched into the air. The machine circles the field for 1 hour 12 minutes, setting a new world's record for time aloft with pilot and passenger.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionAn X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft launching from a U.S. Air Force B-52, c. 1960s.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionA U.S. Air Force C-17 taking off from Palmdale, California, c. 2003.
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SpaceX (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Video released by the spacecraft maker SpaceX in August 2012 after it won a contract with NASA to prepare its Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts into space.
