{"id":242583,"date":"2015-04-16T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg"},"modified":"2023-06-14T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T17:32:30","slug":"multi-utility-technology-testbed-aircraft-runway","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/multi-utility-technology-testbed-aircraft-runway\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Utility Technology Testbed Aircraft On the Runway"},"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":[12242,10822,12276],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"NASA \/ Ken Ulbrich","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Small white test aircraft with eyes painted on it facing forward, while U.S. Air Force team member in uniform stands to the left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) is greeted on an Edwards Air Force Base runway by a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) team member. NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center and the AFRL, along with participants from Langley Research Center and Glenn Research Center, and support from Lockheed Martin, are using the second X-56A (dubbed “Buckeye”) to check out aircraft systems, evaluate handling qualities, characterize and expand the airplane’s performance envelope, and verify pre-flight predictions regarding aircraft behavior. The 20-minute flight marked the beginning of a research effort designed to yield significant advances in aeroservoelastic technology using a low-cost, modular, remotely piloted aerial vehicle.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) is greeted on an Edwards Air Force Base runway by a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) team member. NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center and the AFRL, along with participants from Langley Research Center and Glenn Research Center, and support from Lockheed Martin, are using the second X-56A (dubbed \u201cBuckeye\u201d) to check out aircraft systems, evaluate handling qualities, characterize and expand the airplane\u2019s performance envelope, and verify pre-flight predictions regarding aircraft behavior. The 20-minute flight marked the beginning of a research effort designed to yield significant advances in aeroservoelastic technology using a low-cost, modular, remotely piloted aerial vehicle.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Small white test aircraft with eyes painted on it facing forward, while U.S. Air Force team member in uniform stands to the left","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":694,"file":"2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg","filesize":114016,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=300,200","width":300,"height":200,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=768,512","width":768,"height":512,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=1024,683","width":1024,"height":683,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=400,267","width":400,"height":267,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=600,400","width":600,"height":400,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?resize=900,600","width":900,"height":600,"filesize":114016,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"ed15-0104-78-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"NASA\/Ken Ulbrich","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1428570290","copyright":"NASA","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"NASA \/ Ken Ulbrich","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ed15-0104-78-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=242583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}