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Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is…
After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s…
Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool…
In honor of Women’s History Month, we recently sat down with Kari Alvarado, lead management analyst and Dryden Aeronautical Test…
In honor of Women’s History Month, we recently sat down with Denise Ryan, flight management specialist and member of the…
The National Space Council hosted the Women in Space Roundtable on Tuesday, March 12, and Deputy Center Director Laurie Grindle…
In honor of Women’s History Month, we recently sat down with Sarah Mann, public affairs specialist and member of the…
NASA researchers are looking at the possibility of using a wingless, unpowered aircraft design from the 1960s to gather atmospheric…
As NASA and Boeing enter the early stages of producing the X-66, the first X-plane specifically focused on helping the…
NASA Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover met with Edwards Air Force Base school-age children at a joint NASA and Air…
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique – it’s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without causing…
Supersonic flight became a reality in October 1947, when the Bell X-1 rocket plane broke the sound barrier. NASA’s Lewis…
NASA and international researchers are studying the air quality in Asia as part of a global effort to better understand…
In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over…
NASA is announcing 60 winning teams for its third TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage students in technology,…
What: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s DC-8 aircraft will fly over Central Valley and surroundings areas as part of an air…
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on…
German Escobar works on a model aircraft wing structure that has two long sides and bars in between, which resembles…
Editor’s Note: This advisory was revised Thursday, Jan. 11, to include a new contact for reporters wishing to participate in…
It’s almost time for NASA’s supersonic X-59 airplane to make its red, white, and blue public debut, and you’re invited…
Living and working in space requires getting ready a bit closer to Earth. Through a suborbital flight test on Dec.…
It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA…
In a collaboration between multiple partners in the aviation industry, NASA is helping determine if the latest advances in aircraft…
Read this story in English here. Hoy podemos recibir paquetes más rápido que antes gracias a los pedidos en línea y…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk…
In September 2023, NASA aircraft began supporting an effort to find and map critical mineral deposits in Western regions of…
Contrails, the lines of clouds from high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an…
University of Central Florida researchers tested an instrument designed to measure the size and speed of surface particles kicked up…
