The Historic X-1E Looks Forward - Nasa daily picture for August 23 (2022)

The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA's experimental X-1 series of aircraft. From 1955-1958, it made 26 flights and one captive flight (attached to a carrier aircraft). Research flights took place over what is now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

In this photo from November 2021, the X-1E looks toward the full Moon.

Credit: NASA/Joshua Fisher

Source: www.nasa.gov