Video captured by KHOU 11 television showed the aircraft touching down on the runway without its landing gear extended. The pilot then maintains control of the vehicle as it slides down the runway, slowing the aircraft through friction. The crew was not harmed, NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens said.

COLORADO SPRINGS—NASA says the two-person flight crew of a vintage WB-57F high-altitude research aircraft were unharmed after the aircraft made a gear-up landing at Ellington Field, Texas, on Jan 27.