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

Aircraft

Aircraft	Type	Use	Status (Qty)	Dates From To	Research Centers	Current Location	Comments
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy	Fixed Wing	Heavy transport aircraft	Active (1)		N/A	El Paso Forward Operating Location
Aerojet General X-8	Rocket	Research, X-Planes, Upper air research and sounding[1]	Retired		Armstrong Flight Research Center
AeroVironment Centurion	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research, Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)	Retired (1)		Ames Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center		Centurion was an evolutionary solar and fuel cell system powered unmanned aircraft.
AeroVironment Gossamer Albatross	Fixed Wing	Research, Human Powered	Retired (1)			Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
AeroVironment Helios	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research, Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)	Retired (1)		Ames Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center		NASA's Helios Prototype was an evolutionary solar and fuel cell system powered unmanned aircraft.
AeroVironment Pathfinder	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research, Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)	Retired (1)		Ames Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center		AeroVironment Pathfinder Prototype was an evolutionary solar and fuel cell system powered unmanned aircraft.
AeroVironment Pathfinder Plus	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research, Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)	Retired (1)		Ames Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum	Pathfinder Plus Prototype was an evolutionary solar and fuel cell system powered unmanned aircraft.
AeroVironment RQ-14 Dragon Eye	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research Platform, Airborne Science Program	Active (1)		Ames Research Center	Ames Research Center
Eurocopter EC135	Rotorcraft		Active (2)		Kennedy Space Center	Kennedy Space Center
Beechcraft Super King Air (NASA 8)	Fixed Wing	Transport Personnel	Active (1)		Wallops Flight Facility	Wallops Flight Facility	Carries employees from Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia and Baltimore
Beechcraft King Air B-200 (UC-12B)	Fixed Wing	Research Platform, Airborne Science Program	Active (2)		Armstrong Flight Research Center, Langley Research Center	Armstrong Flight Research Center, Langley Research Center
Beechcraft T-34C	Fixed Wing	Research Platform & Photographic Chase	Active (2)		Glenn Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center	Wallops Flight Facility, Armstrong Flight Research Center
Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey)	Rotorcraft		Retired		Wallops Flight Facility	Wallops Flight Facility
Bell Lunar Landing Research Vehicle LLRV			Retired		Armstrong Flight Research Center	Armstrong Flight Research Center (#2)
Bell X-1A Glamorous Glennis		Research, 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.[2]
Bell X-1B		Research, X-Planes,	Retired		Armstrong Flight Research Center	National Museum of the United States Air Force
Bell X-1E		Research, X-Planes,	Retired		Armstrong Flight Research Center	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Bell X-5		Research, X-Planes,	Retired	1951	Armstrong Flight Research Center	National Museum of the United States Air Force	First aircraft to fly with variable geometry wings.[3]
Bell XV-15	V/STOL, Tilt Rotor	Research,	Retired (1)		Ames Research Center	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Bellanca Skyrocket II	Fixed Wing	Civil Aircraft Test	Retired (1)		Langley Research Center
Boeing 737, NASA 515	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 747-100SR	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.
Boeing 747, (SOFIA)	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[4]
Boeing 757	Fixed Wing	Research Platform, Advanced technology	Retired (1)				Ex–Eastern Airlines 757
Boeing B-52B			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-47B Chinook	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.[5]
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker	Fixed Wing	Trainer, Reduced gravity aircraft	Retired (2)	1973 - 2004	Ellington Field, Houston, Texas	Ellington Field, Houston, Texas	USAF KC–135As (designated N930NA and N931NA) Potential astronauts were exposed to simulated near–weightlessness. These aircraft are also known as Vomit Comets.
Boeing NB-52B, NASA NB-52B	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.[6] 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.[7]
Boeing X-37		Research, X-Planes,	Active	2006 (drop test), 2010 (orbital flight)	Armstrong Flight Research Center		Reusable orbital spaceplane.[8]
Boeing X-40		Research, X-Planes,	Retired	1998	Armstrong Flight Research Center		80% scale Space Maneuver Vehicle testbed.X-37 prototype.[9]
Boeing X-48	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research, X-Planes, Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project[10]	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.[11]
Boeing X-45A	Fixed Wing, UAV	Research, 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		Research, X-Planes,	Retired	2002	Armstrong Flight Research Center		Active Aeroelastic Wing testbed.[12]
Boeing Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76)	V/STOL, Tilt Rotor	Research,	Retired (1)		Ames Research Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center	Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Paul E. Garber Facility.[13]	Built in the United States in 1957 to investigate the tiltwing approach to vertical take-off and landing.
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