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NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight
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As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries…

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National Aviation Day: Celebrating NASA’s Heritage While Charting Our Future
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As we observe National Aviation Day Tuesday – a tribute to Orville Wright’s birthday – let’s reflect on both America’s…

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NASA Invites You to Celebrate National Aviation Day 2025
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The first “A” in NASA stands for Aeronautics – so naturally that means today, Aug. 19, National Aviation Day, is…

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NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls
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Flying the friendly skies may one day include time-saving trips in air taxis to get from point A to point…

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NASA Uses Wind Tunnel to Test Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Wing
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The advanced air mobility industry is currently working to produce novel aircraft ranging from air taxis to autonomous cargo drones,…

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NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Design and Certification
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As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight materials, there’s…

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NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity
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NASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of aviation. In…

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NASA Tests Mixed Reality Pilot Simulation in Vertical Motion Simulator
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Commercial companies and government agencies are increasingly pursuing a more immersive and affordable alternative to conventional displays currently used in…

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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Begins Taxi Tests
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NASA/Jacob Shaw NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time this one-of-a-kind experimental…

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X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnel
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Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft…

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NASA Advances Pressure Sensitive Paint Research Capability
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Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft…

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ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated Aug. 15)
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THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON AUGUST 15, 2025 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to…

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Astronaut Joe Engle Flies X-15
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Former NASA astronaut Joe Engle poses in front of an X-15 plane in this Dec. 2, 1965, photo. On June…

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NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward
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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis.…

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NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California
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From Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, July 2, two research aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights…

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NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight
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A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at…

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NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission
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High over the Mojave Desert, two NASA F-15 research jets made a series of flights throughout May to validate tools…

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NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests
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New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial…

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Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition
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A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first…

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Another Milestone for X-59
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through…

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NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through…

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NASA Selects Student Teams for Drone Hurricane Response and Cybersecurity Research
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NASA has selected two more university student teams to help address real-world aviation challenges, through projects aimed at using drones…

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NASA Careers Take Off with Internships
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. Do you dream of working for NASA and contributing to exploration and innovation for the…

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NASA Langley Participates in Air Power Over Hampton Roads
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NASA Langley Research Center’s integral role in the past, present, and future of flight was on full display April 25-27…

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Air Force Pilot, SkillBridge Fellow Helps NASA Research Soar
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Jeremy Johnson laces his black, steel-toed boots and zips up his dark blue flight suit. Having just finished a pre-flight…

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NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus
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NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on…

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NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace
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NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into…

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A Fond Farewell: NASA’s C-130 Begins New Mission in California
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NASA’s C-130 Hercules, fondly known as the Herc, went wheels up at 9:45 a.m., Friday, April 18, as it departed…

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NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and…

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NASA Supports Next Generation of Innovators
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When young minds come together to test their knowledge and creativity in technology and innovation, the results are truly inspiring.…

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