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Congratulations. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

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Description (February 1964) photograph by NASA photographer Lee Jones. .Ames Test Pilot Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong on his first lunar hovering in the Ames Bell X-14 airplane at NASA's Ames Research Center...Image # A-32136-3

The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator, which indicates the research mission within the US system of aircraft designations. The first, the Bell X-1, became well known in 1947 after it became the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight. Most of the X-planes have been operated by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) or, later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), often in conjunction with the United States Air Force. The majority of X-plane testing has occurred at Edwards Air Force Base. Some of the X-planes have been well publicized, while others have been developed in secrecy. Most X-planes are not expected to go into full-scale production.

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Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth. The third member of the mission, Michael Collins, piloted the command spacecraft alone in lunar orbit ​until Armstrong and Aldrin returned to it just under a day later for the trip back to Earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

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X Series of U.S. Experimental Airplanes

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n 704 na aviation vertical take off and landing bell ge j 85 neil a armstrong x plane j 85 56 4022 experimental flight test pilots national aeronautics and space administration aviators x 14 a test pilot aviator bell type 68 bell x 14 a neil armstrong neil alden armstrong astronaut airplane bell aircraft armstrong fred drinkwater nasa 234 bell x 14 general electric aircraft n 234 na x 14 vtol nasa 704 general electric j 85 ge drinkwater 1960 s men 60 s 1960 s ames bell x 14 airplane nasa photographer lee jones ames test pilot astronauts nasa