AeronauticsOne of the greatest challenges of the fourth phase of the Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights, or AirBOS flight series...When aircraft fly faster than the speed of sound, shockwaves travel away from the vehicle, and are heard on the...NASA is preparing to explore electric-powered flight with the X-57 Maxwell, a unique all-electric aircraft which features 14 propellers along...For most of human history, we mortals have dreamed of taking to the skies. Then, 115 years ago on on...This image of the horizon was seen from the cockpit of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s F/A-18 research aircraft during...A 10-percent-scale High-Lift version of the NASA Common Research Model (CRM-HL) is currently being tested in Langley’s 14-by-22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel.Pictured, a Lockheed Martin technician at their Palmdale, California, facility prepares a machine to shave the first piece of NASA’s...Two Ames mechanics inspect the Tiltrotor Test Rig 20 feet above the wind tunnel floor in the U.S. Air Force’s...NASA will fly its supersonic F/A-18 jet over the Gulf of Mexico while researchers measure public response to the aircraft’s...This image from March 1962 shows an X-15 aircraft model, as shock waves surround the small scale object in the...Eisenhower’s joint chiefs chairman toured the center to see the latest propulsion and aeronautic research advances.NASA Administrator Bridenstine (right) at FutureFlight Central.NASA’s Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, takes off on June 12, 2018,...To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on...Aeronautical innovations are part of a government-industry partnership to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically...High-fidelity 3D-printed models with fold-back blades have helped researchers find and solve issues associated with integrating the motors onto a...The Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication, or EBF3, system -- at the time referred to as being like a “Star Trek”...Researcher Karen Taminger (left) and former Deputy Administrator Lori Garver in 2011 show off an Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication, or...A computer generated illustration of growing carbon nanotubes.NASA Aeronautics' Orville the Flying Squirrel gifts Santa and Mrs. Claus with new tech for their around-the-world flight.When NASA’s next X-plane takes to the skies, it will produce some pretty cool images. Thanks to the completion of...While aircraft efficiency has improved over the years, noise continues to be a problem for existing aircraft and will likely...James Smith and Gary Cosentino prepare the X-56A for flight. Researchers are using the aircraft to investigate if highly-flexible, lightweight...The X-56A is scheduled for November flights to further investigate how highly-flexible, lightweight wings function.Samantha O’Flaherty, Test Engineer for Jacobs Technology Inc., finalizes the set-up of the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) Preliminary Design Model...The future faces of aviation are awesome. Members of Aviation Explorers Post 747, a group of middle- to high-school youth...A NASA F-18 jet takes off from the agency's Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on...D-558-I Skystreak, Acrylic PaintingDuring the 1970s and 1980s, NASA research led to the development of vertical extensions that can be attached to wing...Hot summer days in Southern California’s Antelope Valley force many aircraft operations to start early in the morning before the...NASA hosted 32 students from 31 universities across the United States in Palmdale, CA, for the Student Airborne Research Program.Researcher Rick Bozak inspects fan blade tips on a rotor installed in a test facility at NASA Glenn.Patch: NKC-135A WingletsThe U.S. Navy's Brewster Buffalo experimental aircraft is tested at Langley's full-size wind tunnel in 1938 during its drag-cleanup studies.Aviation experts from NASA and Russia’s Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) recently gathered in Moscow for a two-day safety seminar.NASA is using a modern version of a 150-year-old German photography technique -- schlieren imagery -- to visualize supersonic flow...“Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between...Members of a NASA-led research team pose in front of a trio of aircraft, which on February 22 concluded racking...ROSA “Winglet”NASA Langley Research Center centennial emblem
