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2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge
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2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge Challenge Materials Challenge Materials The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to…

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2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge
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2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge Challenge Theme AgAir: Integrating UAS into the Agriculture Industry The agricultural industry is an…

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NASA, Partners Push Forward with Remotely Piloted Airspace Integration 
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NASA and its partners recently tested a tool for remotely piloted operations that could enable operators to transport people and…

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NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety
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As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and…

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NASA’s Dragonfly Soaring Through Key Development, Test Activities
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NASA’s Dragonfly mission has cleared several key design, development and testing milestones and remains on track toward launch in July…

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NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities
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A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that…

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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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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 Rehearses How to Measure X-59’s Noise Levels
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In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will measure the…

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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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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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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 154: NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXploration Project
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NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXploration Project aims to accommodate the growing demand of traditional and emerging aircraft that share the friendly…

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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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, 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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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 Makes Progress on Advanced Drone Safety Management System
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From agriculture and law enforcement to entertainment and disaster response, industries are increasingly turning to drones for help, but the…

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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 150: Urban Air Taxis
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Flying taxis? NASA is working on it.

NASA Boosts Efficiency with Custom X-66 Flooring
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA designed temporary floorboards for the MD-90 aircraft to use while it is transformed into…

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NASA’s X-59 Completes ‘Cruise Control’ Engine Speed Hold Test
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the…

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How NASA’s “Autonomy Choreography” Will Impact Advanced Technologies
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Imagine your car is in conversation with other traffic and road signals as you travel. Those conversations help your car…

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NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test
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NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace…

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Finalists Selected in NASA Aeronautics Agriculture-Themed Competition 
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Eight finalist teams participating in the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition have been selected to present to a…

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