NASA WB-57WB 57 NASA airplane model. The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB 57 High Altitude Research Program. Two fully operational WB 57 aircraft (converted from RB 57s) are based near JSC at Ellington Field. Both aircraft have been flying research missions since the early 1960's and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer oriented service designed to meet all