AeronauticsTo help develop more efficient rotorcraft designs, engineers need to better understand the complex airflow interactions caused by the spinning...Aviation matters to the 741 million passengers who travel every year.Aviation gives the U.S. 11.5 million direct and indirect jobs.NASA's green aviation project is one step closer to developing technology that could make future airliners quieter and more fuel-efficient...NASA has made decades of contributions to aviation. NASA technology is on board every U.S. commercial aircraft and air traffic...A heating component of a YF-12 supersonic aircraft is tested in a NASA laboratory in the 1970s.The Price Induction DGEN model 380 turbofan engine rolled into the NASA Glenn Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory for noise reduction test...The B-70 Valkyrie, with a planned cruise speed of Mach 3 and operating altitude of 70,000 feet, was to be...NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle...A NASA technology that offers more efficient ways to avoid bad weather is being tested by American Airlines.A NASA aircraft plays follow-the-leader during early morning flight tests of jet biofuels.During the Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions, or ACCESS II, flight tests, researchers in chase aircraft flew...Most current airliners are designed as a tube with wings – a single tube or fuselage. But for the future,...On Aug. 19, National Aviation Day, a lot of people are reflecting on how far aviation has come in the...From mid-1979 to January 1983, two remotely piloted, experimental Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HiMAT) vehicles were used at the NASA...This is what a NASA aeronautics researcher often sees during simulations of new air traffic management tools that can someday...The 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...
