{"id":46117,"date":"2024-05-17T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/nasa-key-and-experimental-aircraft-types-list\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:00:13","slug":"5-key-experimental-aircraft-flown-by-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=46117","title":{"rendered":"5 Key &amp; Experimental Aircraft Flown By NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/nasa\/\">NASA<\/a> (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is best known for its space missions but is also a world pioneer in more conventional aviation. For example, NASA and the Air Force worked together to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/x-15-hypersonic-research-program-records\/\">X-15 rocket plane that still holds the world record for the fastest-piloted aircraft ever flown (Mach 6.7)<\/a>. NASA operates a fleet of aircraft that help conduct its aeronautical research, train astronauts, study the planets, and operate the agency&#8217;s many air and space programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/nasa-private-jets-historical-fleet-guide\/\">NASA operates everything from private jets<\/a> to specialized experimental aircraft, pushing the limits of aviation.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is at the cutting edge of aviation with its X-series experimental aircraft and operates many other remarkable aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,1880,567,8567,5991],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-experimental-planes","category-guides","category-nasa-x-plane","category-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-nasa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46118,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117\/revisions\/46118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}