AeronauticsThe Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, besides being used extensively in its primary role as an inflight aircraft refueler, has assisted in...NASA’s G-III flying test bed aircraft rested on three pneumatic lifting devices or "airbags" in preparation for loads testing in...The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions, or ACCESS II, research campaign now underway in California involves ground...This photo, taken from the CT-133 aircraft of research partner National Research Council of Canada, shows the NASA HU-25C Guardian...The single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) makes another run during the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamic Project (CAWAP) at Dryden Flight Research Center,...The boundary layer hot film and the boundary layer rakes are shown on the left wing of NASA's single-seat F-16XL...The single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) makes another run during the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamic Project (CAWAP) at Dryden Flight Research Center,...The single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) makes another run during the Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamic Project (CAWAP) at Dryden Flight Research Center,...NASA recently tested a full-sized tail from a 757 commercial aircraft that was modified and equipped with tiny jets called...NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (r) stands in the Icing Research Tunnel with aeronautics researcher and project manager Ron Colantonio during...NASA researcher Andy Broeren (l) shows a cast of a 3D ice shape to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (c) as...Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., recently installed this 15-percent scale model based on a possible future...December 17, 2013 marks the 110th anniversary of the world's first powered flight by the Wright Brothers in Kill Devil...Researchers in the Rotary Wing Project in NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program are developing advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods to...NASA Langley researchers are using a Piaggio P.180 Avanti, owned and operated by AdvAero, to test computer software that allows...Someday the tails on commercial aircraft may not need to be as big as they are today. Their job is...One possible design for a future commercial airplane that's much more environmentally friendly is the D8, or "double bubble," developed...This scale model of a potential future aircraft concept sits inside the 14 by 22-Foot Subsonic Wind Tunnel at NASA's...NASA researchers are working with industry and university partners to develop technologies and systems for future airplanes that will reduce...Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., use all sorts of tools and techniques to learn more during...John Wargo, lead technician at NASA Glenn's Propulsion System Laboratory (PSL) is performing an inspection on the inlet ducting, upstream...The Twin Rectangular Jet model, installed on the Nozzle Acoustic Test Rig in the Aeroacoustic Propulsion Laboratory at NASA's Glenn...This updated future aircraft design concept from NASA research partner Lockheed Martin shows a few changes from another concept seen...The window in the sidewall of the 8- by 6-foot supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center shows a...NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an...Almost since the dawn of powered flight, military aircraft have benefitted from NASA aeronautics research. Back then - in 1917...The Bell X-1 rocket plane was the first to break the supposed sound barrier (or Mach 1) on Oct. 14,...The X-53 was a modified F/A-18 fighter used for a joint Air Force, Boeing and NASA project called the Active...NASA continued to explore new aircraft designs capable of reducing the noise level of sonic booms by test flying an...The first plane to reach Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, was the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket. Civilian test...Perhaps the most famous of the X-planes is the North American X-15 rocket plane. During its 199 test flights between...The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype for a supersonic bomber that was never built, but the two test...This NASA F-16XL-2 aircraft was used during 1995-96 for the Supersonic Laminar Flow Control project to demonstrate that airflow could...Taking the leap well beyond supersonic flight, a hypersonic X-43 aircraft reached a record-breaking speed of Mach 9.6, or nearly...This modified Northrop F-5E jet was used during 2003 for NASA's Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration program, a successful effort to...Originally designed as a supersonic interceptor for the Air Force, the YF-12A was a variant of Lockheed's A-12 reconnaissance plane....With Mach 1 and Mach 2 behind them, NACA engineers sought to expand on their research to fully understand the...Puffy white exhaust contrails stream from the engines of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in this image taken from an HU-25...NASA's Ikhana Predator B received an avionics upgrade, wingtip winglets, and a new paint scheme in 2013.This concept of an aircraft that could fly at supersonic speeds over land is being used by researchers, especially at...
