AeronauticsThe 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...The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA's Dryden Flight...If human beings are ever to fly faster than the speed of sound from one side of the country to...If human beings are ever to fly faster than the speed of sound from one side of the country to...Arthur Sears examines a model of a Hybrid Wing Body aircraft, a NASA vision for a future airliner that could...Aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary research contributions made supersonic flight practical, is a now a member of the...The remotely operated X-48C Blended Wing Body aircraft lifts off Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on...The Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT), formerly at the Glenn Research Center, was unrivaled in its capability to test full-scale engines...A NASA T-38 training jet is seen as it flies over Washington, DC, Thursday, April 5, 2012. NASA, in cooperation...A NASA T-38 training jet is seen as it flies over Washington, DC, Thursday, April 5, 2012. NASA, in cooperation...A series of experimental tests gathering various types of data is being conducted to better understand how air flows on...Ron Colantonio (left), manager of the Atmospheric Environment Safety Technologies Project at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, explains to...In January 2012, researchers from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. tested a future aircraft concept model in...Helicopters and rotorcraft provide many useful civil and military functions without the need for airports and runways. However, accurately predicting...CAFE Foundation Hanger Boss Mike Fenn waves the speed competition checkered flag for the e-Genius aircraft during the 2011 Green...In this image taken in 1944, one of Langley Research Center's Sikorsky YR-4B/HNS-1 helicopters is seen in the 30 x...Our ability to fly at supersonic speeds over land in civil aircraft depends on our ability to reduce the level...Young visitors to the NASA aeronautics exhibit at the Joint Services Open House and Air Show in May near Washington,...In this image from November 2010, the U.S. Air Force's ACAT F-16D flew through Sierra Nevada canyons and past peaks...A three percent scale model of a blended wing body aircraft design recently was tested in NASA Langley's 12-Foot Low-Speed...Skilled technicians at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., create and instrument sophisticated airplane models for wind tunnel and...On Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made the first powered flight and, in March 1999, a full-scale replica of...
