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NASA’s aeronautics research can be sorted into several categories, such as sustainable aviation, supersonic flight, drones, and air traffic management. But not all of NASA’s aeronautical investigations fit perfectly into a specific category. This page collects those stories of flight innovation from NASA, with an emphasis on NASA’s research collaborations with academia.

Students Ken McGill (left) and Nozhan Hosseini from the University of South Carolina conduct research inside an aircraft maintenance hangar as part of NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.

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NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone

A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through…

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Aeronautics @ Home

A collection of activities and lessons to learn more about NASA Aeronautics and the science of flight that you can do at home.

Two U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft flying in formation at supersonic speed.

STEM Learning Resources

Explore hands-on activities, interactive lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content related to aeronautics.

A scale model of an airplane with long and skinny wings supported by a truss is suspended within a wind tunnel for testing. The four walls of the wind tunnel are silver with a blue light illuminating the background.

Aeronautics Backgrounds

Take video calls from your home or office in the cockpit of the X-59 or from inside a wind tunnel! And other aviation themes.

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Free E-Books to Download

Add these books covering NASA Aeronautics and other aviation and space topics to your electronic library.

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NASA X Video Files

This binge worthy page collects aeronautics-themed topics from the popular NASA X video series.

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Artist illustration of the X-59 in flight over a surbuban neighborhood.

Supersonic Flight

Research about flying faster than the speed of sound.

Aerospace Cognitive Engineering Lab Rapid Automation Test Environment; (ACEL-RATE) in N262 showing out-the-window views of San Francisco for UAM UTM Ride Quality Simulation project.

Flight Innovation

Stories about pioneering the frontiers of 21st century flight.

The Moog SureFly aircraft hovers above Cincinnati Municipal Airport during an acoustic hover test.

Drones & You

All about new ways to get from here to there in the air.

In this image, captured using data from a wind-tunnel test, the red and orange areas represent higher drag, and the green and bl

Green Aviation Tech

Learn about research to make aviation more sustainable.

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Air Traffic Solutions

Read about how NASA is opening up the sky for all.

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