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X-48 Blended Wing Body

Scale model of a blended wing aircraft.

Follow the X-48 through testing and flight.

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The Hybrid Wing Body H-Series future aircraft design concept comes from the research team led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Aircraft that might fly in the years ahead.

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Distinguished by its large nose payload bay, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft does an engine run prior to takeoff from General Atomics' Grey Butte airfield.
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Photos of aircraft flying at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

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Puffy white exhaust contrails stream from the engines of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in this photo taken from an HU-25 Falcon flying in trail about 300 feet behind.

NASA Researchers Sniff Out Alternate Fuel Future

What's in the exhaust of alternative jet fuels is a must-know to be sure it would actually be better than what aircraft use today.

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Abegael Jakey, outreach coordinator for NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System, suits up for her special recognition flight with the Navy's Blue Angels.

Aviation Safety Analyst Flies with Blue Angels

Abegael Jakey, pilot and NASA aviation safety advocate, just flew with the Blue Angels. What did you do today?

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Nothing Bugs These NASA Aeronautical Researchers

A unique team is studying ways to prevent insect impact remains from sticking to an aircraft's wing in flight.

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The X-48C Hybrid Wing Body research aircraft banks right over NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base during one of the sub-scale aircraft's final test flights on Feb. 28, 2013.

X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end

After nearly six years, a successful and productive joint NASA-Boeing X-48 Hybrid / Blended Wing Body flight test project at NASA Dryden concludes.

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NASA Books Reveal Wisdom Gained from Failure

The latest in NASA Aeronautics' Book Series tells the stories of lessons learned from accidents involving remotely piloted or autonomous aircraft.

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    In NASA's Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions experiment, or ACCESS, what type of biofuel is being studied as a potential 50% mix-in with conventional petroleum-based jet fuel?

    HEFA fuel from the camelina plant
    WFAR fuel from the water hyacinth plant
    EBPA fuel from soybean leaves
    ANCA fuel from vat-grown algae
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