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X-4 Bantam Flight

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by National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Historic footage of the semi-tailless X-4 Bantam research aircraft flight testing by the NACA at Edwards AFB.

What Does NASA Do?

NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

To do that, thousands of people have been working around the world -- and off of it -- for almost 50 years, trying to answer some basic questions. What's out there in space? How do we get there? What will we find? What can we learn there, or learn just by trying to get there, that will make life better here on Earth?

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X-4 Bantam Flight by NASA is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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What Does NASA Do? NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, thousands of people have been working around the world -- and off of it -- for almost 50 years, trying to answer some basic questions. What's out there in space? How do we…