AeronauticsHelping make the battle against wildfires faster, safer, and more targeted, a NASA project recently tested its tools in a...NASA researchers have proven a versatile material known as aerogel can be produced in a way to create flexible, lightweight...The Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) mission team hopes to learn more about small-scale movements of ocean water such as...In this March 2021 image, Flight Research Inc.’s Bell OH-58C Kiowa helicopter hovered over a helipad after completing an urban...NASA’s X-59 requires the use of creative and strategic supersonic technologies to control and soften the jarring sound that hits...The X-31 completed its final research flight of 555 for the program.NASA is targeting 2022 for the first flight of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) research aircraft. Its mission –...The Pathfinder solar-powered remotely piloted aircraft climbs to a record-setting altitude of 50,567 feet during a flight Sept. 11, 1995,...Artist illustration of a Transonic Truss Braced Wing airplane design.Though the image above could easily be mistaken as a piece in an art exhibition, it is actually a digital...NASA and industry partners are working towards a future that sees aviation meet cleaner sustainability standards. To that end, new...Elroy Air’s vertical take-off and landing cargo delivery vehicle “Chaparral” will join other industry partner vehicles to prepare for NASA’s...NASA is on a mission to revolutionize supersonic air travel for passengers across the globe. In this image, you’ll see...Dec. 11, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Langley Research Center’s 14x22 Subsonic Wind Tunnel. The facility is used...In this image, a concept for a six-passenger quadcopter is run through a computer simulation to visualize the interaction of...This image actually is the product of a complex computer simulation involving supersonic shockwaves.NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms...NASA continues to make progress on the assembly of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft, while overcoming challenges...Take a moment and just stare at this beautiful airplane. Whether or not you have an interest in aeronautics or...Advanced designs that will propel NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, to flight recently underwent wind tunnel testing at...Technicians at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works factory in Palmdale, California examine the cockpit section of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology...The vertical tail of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane is unpacked from its shipping crate after delivery to Lockheed...An array of 960 microphones is seen here off the end of runway 11 at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow,...This close up view of a cockpit display screen shows NASA’s Tailored Arrival Manager (TAM) air traffic management tool in...NACA 20-Foot Free-Spinning Wind Tunnel, NASA LangleyA view from the front office of a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner during a recent series of test flights in which...Sunset at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana, where this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways served as the...A 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways for Boeing’s 2020 ecoDemonstrator program makes a low pass over a collection...An array of 960 microphones is seen here off the end of runway 11 at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow,...NASA worked with Boeing to wire more than 200 microphones to the outside skin of this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan...This visualization is generated from a supercomputer simulation of the X-57 “Maxwell” electric experimental aircraft. Just as electric cars are...A Consolidated B-24D Liberator (left), Boeing B-29 Superfortress (background), and Lockheed RA-29 Hudson (foreground) parked inside the Flight Research Building...The wing and cockpit sections of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) are coming together at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works®...A Prandtl-M prototype is air launched from the Carbon Cub aircraft March 13, 2020, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...Blooming roses at the Armstrong Flight Research Center highlighting the Bell X-IE aircraft.The Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) Project is a multiphase, collaborative research project conducted by NASA and Boeing Research...Telemetry testing begins on the X-57 Maxwell, NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, as the operations crew at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research...Four passengers participate in a simulation of an air taxi ride at NASA's Vertical Motion Simulator, or VMS. Located at...NASA is making progress on the road to first flight for the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, and first piloted X-plane...NASA illustration of an advanced subsonic aircraft with an Electrified Aircraft Propulsion system.
