AeronauticsEvery bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put it in the air.The Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) Project is a multiphase, collaborative research project conducted by NASA and Boeing Research...The Low Speed Wind Tunnel is the only facility in the nation that can simulate aircraft takeoff, approach and landing.NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, answers questions along with David Melcher, CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), left, and...Ten top-level officials from United Airlines visited NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on February 24 to learn more...NASA engineers Alphonso Stewart, left; Ken Iliff, center; and Dale Reed, right; were part of the center's lifting body aircraft...NASA is with you when you fly. Key aerodynamic advances made by NASA researchers led to the upturned tips of...Grumman manufactured two airframes. They flew a total of 437 flights between 1984-1992. On Dec. 13, 1985, the X-29 became...The future of flight is coming. Investing in greener, quieter and safer aviation.President Obama’s FY 2017 budget proposal gives $790 million to our aeronautics research and future of flight.We are transforming aviation by making it greener, quieter and more efficient.North American Aviation manufactured 3 airframes. They flew a total of 199 flights between 1959-1968. This joint program by NASA,...Northrop manufactured two airframes. They flew a total of 90 flights between 1948-1953. In a joint program with the Air...Christine Pastor, an AeroMechanical Test Engineer with Sierra Lobo, Inc, works in Glenn's 8x6 Supersonic Wind Tunnel.Bell Aircraft built three of the original X-1s, plus an X-1A and X-1B, an X-1D. There was also an X-1E...NASA's X-43A research vehicle has screamed into the record books, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times...NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s F-15D Eagle #897, flown by pilot Troy Asher with videographer Lori Losey in the back...A test pilot operates a virtual large unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, with simulated air traffic at a NASA research...NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center engineers are working on an increasingly complex aircraft called the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to...In the wake of recent success with air-to-air schlieren photography using the speckled desert floor as a background, researchers at...Using a massive update to a 150-year-old German photography technique, NASA and the United States Air Force recently released what's...On August 19, 2015, thousands of people celebrated National Aviation Day by "spreading their wings" and learning about how NASA...In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of Orville Wright’s birthday, directing...The D-558-I "Skystreaks" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and XF-92A.In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of Orville Wright’s birthday, directing...In 1943, Orville Wright (third from left in straw hat) visited the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in Cleveland, now known...See a winglet and you're seeing NASA-developed technology at work saving fuel and reducing emissions.The Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton, VA, is the official Visitor's Center for NASA's Langley Research Center.NASA researchers will be flying a DC-8 research plane, outfitted with state-of the-art radar and sophisticated meteorological probes to detect...The D-558-I "Skystreaks" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and XF-92A.The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrockets" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92A.Dave Vos, project lead of Google's Project Wing, giving a keynote talk at the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) Traffic Management...The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrockets" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92A.Jaiwon Shin, NASA Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, speaks at the UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Convention on July 28,...Gur Kimchi, vice president and co-founder of Prime Air for Amazon in Seattle, giving a keynote talk at the unmanned...Officials welcome unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) stakeholders to the UAS Traffic Management (UTM) ConventionThe Douglas D-558-II "Skyrockets" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92AIn collaboration with NASA, Pratt & Whitney developed its PurePower family of turbofan engines, which are more fuel-efficient and quieter...Pushing the Limits to Protect Aircraft EnginesNASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle...
