AeronauticsOur Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferries the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the Johnson Space Center in Houston in this Sept. 20,...T-38 planes are a fixture of astronaut training, assisting pilots and mission specialists to think quickly in changing situations. Here,...The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA's experimental X-1 series of aircraft. From 1955-1958, it made 26...NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory is inspected and secured for the night at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. NASA’s High Ice...Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight....An Alta-X drone operated by NASA researchers flies over NASA Langley’s City Environment Range Testing for Autonomous Integrated Navigation (CERTAIN)...Carbon fiber, a widely used composite, starts out on spools like the ones in this image before it is fabricated...A researcher uses a magnifying glass to check a composite structure for manufacturing defects, such as gaps, overlaps, or wrinkles....Screen shot of the FACET program developed by NASA that generates simulations for managing air traffic scenarios.Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology (LEAPTech) project researchers at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center are performing ground testing of a...HWB flying above a field.Improvement in efficiency comes in the way the 787 is designed and built. New technologies and processes achieve unprecedented levels...An automated fiber placement machine builds a composite aircraft fuselage for a Boeing787 Dreamliner. The machine is operated by Spirit...Cross section of a typical turbofan jet engine highlights parts of the core HyTEC will work to advance. These include...Evoking the experimental nature of flight testing and the spirit of aeronautical exploration, Quesst is what NASA is calling its...A model of the X-59 aircraft, the centerpiece of NASA’s mission to gather information intended to help enable a new...NASA and industry partners are working towards a future that sees aviation meet cleaner sustainability standards. To that end, new...A model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft is seen here installed for testing in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel...Illustration of ground and air traffic at a typical airport.A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in...If small, unmanned aircraft could be made smarter and more independent, they could help firefighters and other responders do even...Don Durston never grew out of building model planes – they’re just a whole lot more sophisticated these days! The...This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) airplane taken inside NASA...Lydia S., from Wisconsin is the winner of a poster contest sponsored by NASA Aeronautics’ Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project....The Bell X-1A (serial no. 48-1384) arrived at Edwards Air Force Base. Following completion of contractor testing and some modifications...NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST) is pictured here at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in California, wrapped up in...The NASA and Lockheed Martin team behind the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) have recently removed the aircraft from its...NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Congresswoman Eshoo at FutureFlight CentralMembers of the Blue Angels, the flight demonstration squadron of the U.S. Navy, visited the two biggest wind tunnels in...NASA Aeronautics’ Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project is holding a poster contest for kids in grades 6-12 – who, in...At NASA’s air traffic management laboratory near the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport in Texas, researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul...The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft is taking shape at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California....NASA’s Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology Project’s Mobile Acoustics Facility is parked in the background of Joby’s prototype aircraft near Big...President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Langley Field on July 29, 1940. View of President Roosevelt in a car inside a...Instrumentation Technician, Michael “Mick” Hodgins, performs installation measures on the trans-sonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) model in NASA Langley Research Center’s...Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars....Pictured at left: The low pressure (hypobaric) chamber at KBR’s facility in San Antonio, Texas, simulates very high altitudes by...The low pressure (hypobaric) chamber located at KBR in San Antonio, Texas pictured here simulates very high altitudes by reducing...The low pressure (hypobaric) chamber located at KBR in San Antonio, Texas pictured here simulates very high altitudes by reducing...In a series of flights between June 1-6, 2021, Stratodynamics Inc. launched its HiDRON stratospheric glider from a high-altitude balloon...
