{"id":216867,"date":"2022-08-23T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg"},"modified":"2023-06-20T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:39:49","slug":"historic-x-1e-looks-forward","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/historic-x-1e-looks-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"The Historic X-1E Looks Forward"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[10822,12245],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"NASA \/ Joshua Fisher","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The X-1E aircraft dominates the foreground of this photo. It is white, with its designation written on its side in big orange letters. The Moon is in the background, lined up with the nose of the airplane.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?resize=768,615 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?resize=1024,819 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2021-0149-02_orig.jpg?resize=900,720 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The supersonic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-083-DFRC.html\">X-1E research aircraft<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>In this photo from November 2021, the X-1E looks toward the full Moon.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.<\/p>\n<p>In this photo from November 2021, the X-1E looks toward the full Moon.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"The X-1E aircraft dominates the foreground of this photo. It is white, with its designation written on its side in big orange letters. 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