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  • In this image, the X-48C Hybrid Wing Body research aircraft flies over the intersection of several runways adjacent to the compass rose on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base during one of the sub-scale aircraft's final test flights on Feb. 28, 2013.

    X-48 Project Completes Flight Research

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  • NASA's P-3B airborne laboratory coming in for a landing at the airport in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

    P-3B Coming in for a Landing

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  • Speed Agile Powered Lift System Concept Demonstrator in NASA Langley's National Transonic Facility and 14 by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel.

    Speed Agile Team Wins Laureate

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  • Puffy white exhaust contrails stream from the engines of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in this image taken from an HU-25 Falcon flying about 30 feet behind. Image Credit: NASA/Eddie Winstead

    Contrails Carry Clues to More Eco-Friendly Flights

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  • The PUMA unit was designed to give the crew the ability to move around the spacecraft without being tethered to a large immovable unit.

    PUMA Headgear

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  • Boeing's X-48C Blended Wing Body research aircraft is silhouetted against the morning sky over Edwards Air Force Base on Oct. 16, 2012.

    100th Test Flight

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  • A subscale model of a potential future low-boom supersonic aircraft, designed by The Boeing Company, is installed for testing between August and September 2012 in the 8- by 6-Foot supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center. Pictured: GRC intern Kyle Webster.

    To Go Fast, Start Small

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  • Earlier this fall, a subscale model of a potential future low-boom supersonic aircraft designed by The Boeing Company was installed for testing in the supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This model is a larger of two models used in the test.

    Model Points to Fast Future

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  • Arthur Sears examines a model of a Hybrid Wing Body aircraft.

    Future Aircraft Shape Inspires Future Pilot

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  • Roy Harris speaks at induction ceremony

    Whitcomb Inducted Into National Aviation Hall of Fame

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