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Airflow around rockets as they travel from Earth into space can have a dramatic impact on a mission, which is why NASA…
NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: aircraft…
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, invites innovative companies, government agencies, and organizations to attend Partnership Days, scheduled…
Nestled in the Mojave Desert, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pushes the boundaries of flight to advance…
NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft. The flight took place Jan.…
NASA is leveraging expertise, capabilities, and partnerships across its centers to make Artemis campaign and deep space exploration safer, more…
NASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft…
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is building a new subscale aircraft to support increasingly complex flight research,…
The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or EPIC, test experiment deploys following an air launch from…
As we observe National Aviation Day Tuesday – a tribute to Orville Wright’s birthday – let’s reflect on both America’s…
NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what…
Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft…
NASA has selected two more university student teams to help address real-world aviation challenges, through projects aimed at using drones…
NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into…
NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to…
From agriculture and law enforcement to entertainment and disaster response, industries are increasingly turning to drones for help, but the…
In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs. But…
NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace…
NASA has selected three university teams to help solve 21st century aviation challenges that could transform the skies above our…
Great ideas, and the talent and passion that bring them to life, can be found anywhere. In that spirit, NASA’s…
NASA has selected two new university student teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges meant to transform the skies…
With support from NASA, the international GoAERO Prize competition recently announced funding for 14 U.S. university teams to build innovative…
Elton W. Miller, chief of aerodynamics at what is now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, stands in the…
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through…
High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning…
On Oct. 22, 2024, the latest iteration of an atmospheric probe developed by researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center…
The most effective way to prove a new idea is to start small, test, learn, and test again. A team…
Upside down can be right side up. That’s what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that…
On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the…
In the 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, the theme is AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture. NASA asks collegiate teams…
