Editor’s Note: This article was updated March 27, 2025, to reflect the final dates for the testing period. NASA researchers…

NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace…

NASA is collaborating with the wildland fire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting…

NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have established a research transition team to guide the development of wildland fire…

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NASA Tests Mobile Air Traffic Kit During Wildfire Prevention Operations

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Each year, thousands of wildfires release large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and burn roughly 1.5 million…

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Are wildfires getting worse? Yes, unfortunately, they are. We’re seeing increases in the intensity and the severity, the overall burned…

In a changing climate, wildfires are becoming more widespread and devastating, threatening more people and land than ever before. In…

Read this feature in Spanish here. Hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes – our planet faces many of these natural disasters each…