Follow this link to skip to the main content

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • NASA Home
  •     >    News & Features
  •     >    News Topics
  •     >    Aeronautics
    • Send
    • Follow this link to Share This Page
      Share
  • Start
  • Backward
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • Forward
  • End
  • Tests of scale models like this one in a supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center help researchers understand the forces acting on the aircraft that create sonic booms.

    Sonic Boom Heads for a Thump

    05.08.12 - NASA is closer to defining how loud a sonic boom can "boom" without becoming a bother.

  • students learning about air traffic management

    Peninsula High School Students Learn About Air Traffic Control Careers

    03.23.12 - NASA and the FAA hosted a field trip packed with authentic air traffic control experiences for ninth-grade students apply problem-solving skills to the real world.

  • NASA's Ikhana, a modified General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Predator B, conducts engine run-up before a pre-dawn takeoff on the first test flight of the new ADS-B aircraft tracking technology on an unmanned aircraft system.

    NASA Flight Tests New ADS-B Device on Ikhana UAS

    03.23.12 - NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center conducts first checkout flight of ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast device on medium-class UAS.

  • Sector 33 App Icon.

    Sector 33 Puts You in the Control Tower

    03.21.12 - Players flock to a new NASA app that requires the brain to be in full throttle to make sure passenger airplanes land safely at a California airport.

  • Artist's rendering of X-56A MUTT aircraft.

    Introducing the X-56A MUTT: Who Let the Dog Out?

    03.06.12 - Sub-scale Multi-Use Technology Testbed to research means of gust load alleviation and active flutter suppression on flexible wings.

  • Polar opposites attract in the puzzling case of ice crystal engine icing, where the frozen crystals can be ingested into the core of a jet engine.

    Preps Continue for Launching Engine Icing Research

    02.17.12 - NASA scientists are getting closer to launching a research campaign to solve the mystery of ice crystal engine icing.

  • NASA aeronautics researchers work on a simulation to test computer tools that can improve air traffic flow and reduce delays.

    NASA's 2011 Aeronautics Work Makes Mark on Aviation

    02.02.12 - A look at NASA Aeronautics' report card for 2011 reveals high marks for innovative ideas and tools that improve our vital air transportation system.

  • (l to r) Dr. Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, presents the EDA 3D-PAM technology to Victoria Cox, assistant administrator for NextGen at the FAA, and David Grizzle, chief operating officer for the FAA's Air Traffic Organization.

    NASA/FAA Partnership "Greens" Arriving Aircraft

    02.01.12 - NASA aeronautics officially transferred to the FAA a new air traffic management tool that makes aircraft descents more environmentally friendly.

  • Three artist concept vehicles flying in the sky in formation.

    New Ideas Sharpen Focus for Greener Aircraft

    01.27.12 - New aircraft design ideas confirm NASA's green goals are challenging, but ultimately do-able.

  • A FACET image of air traffic and researchers at work

    8 Questions about NextGen, Part 1

    01.18.12 - Leighton Quon answers eight questions about what NASA is doing to help improve air transportation for all of us in the future.

  • Start
  • Backward
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • Forward
  • End