What would possess anyone to live on an airplane for a month? NASA engineer Anna McGowan visits comedian Mark Malkoff between flights.
What would possess anyone to live on an airplane for a month? NASA engineer Anna McGowan visits comedian Mark Malkoff between flights.
It began with a mention of New Scientist magazine in a blog. Natalia Alexandrov bought one, sat down to read and the muse immediately flew to her side in the sort of literary epiphany that every write...
When NASA's aim in aeronautics was called "fundamental," many looked at the concept as limiting. They saw a ceiling where once the sky was no limit. Jaiwon Shin sees fundamental aeronautics as an "eng...
Design a small supersonic airliner with a cruise speed of Mach 1.6 to 1.8, a design range of 4,000 nautical miles, a payload of 35-70 passengers, with fuel efficiency of three-passenger miles per pound of fuel and a takeoff field length of less than 10,000 feet. And the airliner should produce less noise. Ready? Go.
Shortly after Bruce Holmes retired from NASA Langley two years ago, he entered into a venture called DayJet, an idea whose time had, perhaps, not yet come.
For the seventh time Langley researchers are part of one of the most prestigious awards in aviation.
Heart failure -- like structural failure in an aircraft -- is serious business.