Astronaut Neil Armstrong performs a flight test of the X-14A experimental plane, March 25, 1964. @Cosmosphere
Astronaut Neil Armstrong performs a flight test of the X-14A experimental plane, March 25, 1964. @Cosmosphere
Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Astronaut Neil Armstrong taxies on the runway, takes off vertically, hovers, flies, and lands vertically in the Bell X-14A experimental X-plane at NASA's Ames Research Center. Armstrong flew the aircraft, which had a flight control system similar to that which would be used on the Lunar Module, as a simulation of a lunar landing. Note the open cockpit of this X-plane during this silent film footage. Credit: NASA/NARA

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong performs a flight test of the X-14A experimental plane, March 25, 1964.

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