The center newsletter was first published on Feb. 25, 1955, as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station News. The first official X-Press newsletter was published on April 22, 1955. The X-Press was published until June 2023 and resumed publication in January 2025.
For more information, call or email Jay Levine, X-Press editor, at 661-276-3459 or Jay.Levine-1@nasa.gov, or write to P.O. Box 273, MS 1422, Edwards, CA 93523.
2026
March 2026 – NASA Armstrong Artemis Contributions
February 2026 – NASA Adds Two F-15s
January 2025 – NASA Armstrong Advances Flight Research, Innovation in 2025
2025
December 2025 – NASA X-59 Completes First Flight
September 2025 – Hypersonics Research
August 2025 – X-59 Low-Speed Taxi Test
June 2025 – NASA Awards Top Honor to Jacob Shaw
May 2025 – X-59 Shock-Sensing Probe
April 2025 – Precision Landing Technology
March 2025 – X-59 Electromagnetic Testing
February 2025 – X-66 Model Wind Tunnel Tests
January 2025 – Atmospheric Probe
2023
June 2023 – X-57 Contributions
March 2023 – Into the Storm
February 2023 – Catching a Wave
January 2023 – Accessible Travel
2022
November/December 2022 – Artemis I Inspires
October 2022 – Sensational SOFIA
August/September 2022 – Final Flight
May 2022 – Sustainable Aviation
April 2022 – ER-2 Mission Ready
February 2022 – Heavy Lifting
January 2022 – Seeing Shock Waves
2021
December 2021 – James Webb Telescope Launches
November 2021 – X-59 is Coming Together
October 2021 – 75 Years of Excellence
September 2021 – Center Marks 75 Years
September 2021 Interactive Edition – Center Marks 75 Years
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June 2021 – New Aircraft Proposed
May 2021 – X-56B Begins New Flight Series
April 2021 – Columbia Landed Here in 1981
April 2021 EP PDF – Mars Rover Delivered
April 2021 EP Interactive Edition – Mars Rover Delivered
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March 2021 – Perserverance Successfully Lands on Mars
February 2021 – Armstrong Assists with Orion
January 2021 – DC-8 Returns to Flight
2020
December 2020 EP pdf – X-59 Assembly Team Marks Wing Milestone
December 2020 EP Interactive Edition – X-59 Assembly Team Marks Wing Milestone
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December 2020 – SCHAMROQ is Prepping the Tools for Supersonic Research
November 2020 – SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Areas of the Moon
October 2020 – UAS Could Deliver Vital Organs, Blood
September 2020 – X-59: NASA Marks Progress on Newest X-plane
September 2020 EP Interactive Edition – NASA Assists in Developing COVID-19 Solutions
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September 2020 EP pdf – NASA Teams up with Antelope Valley Task Force
August 2020 – Perseverance Rover is on its Way
July 2020 – X-57 Future Wing, Cruise Motors Advance
June 2020 – We Knew Him When – Pilots Recall Going to School With Robert Behnken
May 2020 – Mars Airplane – Sam Maximizes NASA Armstrong Internship
April 2020 – Lending a Hand – Center Assists Community COVID-19 Response
March 2020 – The Telework Bunch
January 2020 – X-59 – New Experimental Jet Cleared for Final Assembly
2019
December 2019 – Shock Sensing Probe
November 2019 – Flight Opportunities is Enabling Landing Technology
September 2019 – X-57 Wing Tests Complete
August 2019 – Launch Abort System Test Near Flawless
June 2019 – Collier Trophy – Armstrong Part of Team That Won Aviation’s Biggest Prize
May 2019 – Molecule is Found – Long Search for the Universe’s First Type of Molecule is Over
April 2019 – What’s It Like Nils?
March 2019 – NASA, Center Budgets Solid
February 2019 – Shockwave Interaction
2018
December 2018 – Virgin Galactic Delivers
November 2018 – Taking the Boom out of Sonic Boom
October 2018 – AA-2 Effort Wrapping Up
September 2018 – X-56A is on Target
August 2018 – Pilots Assist with Wildfires
July 2018 – Armstrong Assists on AA-2
May 2018 – Can You Hear Me Now?
April 2018 – Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 on Target
March 2018 – Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator Advances
February 2018 – Tests Begin on X-57 Motors
January 2018 – Flight Proves New Tech
2017
November 2017 – SNC Lands Success
October 2017 – Supersonic Flight at 70
July 2017 – F-18 Bringing the Boom to Florida
June 2017 – SOFIA Leads to Black Hole Discovery
May 2017 – Twistable, Flexible Wing Flaps Work
April 2017 – FOSS – System Could be Valuable to a Number of Varied Industries
March 2017 – Smooth Flow – Research Begins on Laminar Flow Concept
February 2017 – Dream Chaser Spacecraft Arrives for Testing and Flight Tests
January 2017 – Grand Success – Armstrong Employees Achieved Much in 2016
2016
December 2016 – Armstrong Contributions – Bolden Thanks Armstrong Employees for Dedication
November 2016 – Eye of the Hurricane – Global Hawk Observed Matthew During NOAA Mission
October 2016 – Armstrong 70th Anniversary
August 2016 – Tecnam Delivered – Aircraft That Will Become X-57 is Now in California
July 2016 – New X-Plane – Distributed Electric Aircraft Named X-57
June 2016 – NASA Social – Supersonic and UAV Research Highlighted
May 2016 – AfriSAR: NASA Science Mission Measures Changes in the Gabon Environment
March 2016 – Sonic Boom Probe Flies
February 2016 – New Experimental Airplane! Electric Propulsion Sceptor to Fly in 2 Years
January 2016 – 2015: NASA Armstrong Advanced Aeronautics, Science and Technology Through Flight
2015
December 2015 – UP Launches Technology
November 2015 – Two First Flights Aced – Subscale Glider Flies
June 2015 – First Mars Airplane? – Innovation Could Lead to Flier in 2022-24
April 2015 – Second Mutt Makes First Flight
April 2015 – Celebrating 100 Years of the NACA
2014
December 2014 – ORION Advances
November 2014 – ACTE Takes Flight
August 2014 – System Fit Check is a Success – Towed Glider Closing in on Research Flight
July 2014 – Legendary test pilot William “Bill” Dana honored by friends and family at event
June 2014 – Legends live on: Neil A. Armstrong and Hugh L. Dryden honored
March 2014 – Tribute to Neil A. Armstrong and Hugh L. Dryden
January 2014 – Dryden busy in 2014
2013
December 2013 – UAS: A big future is in store for these aircraft
November 2013 – SLS system evaluated
October 2013 – Stellar SOFIA (HTML)
September 2013 – We will miss you, Gordo
July 2013 – UP reaches altitude record
May 2013 – X-48 program complete
April 2013 – Asteroid mission targeted
March 2013 – ACCESS studies contrails
February 2013 – Tomorrow’s tech today
January 2013 – Smart controls save fuel
2012
December 2012 – Snow and ice science
November 2012 – Studying FaINT sound
September 2012 – Global Hawks to fly HS3
July 2012 – Collision avoidance system works
June 2012 – DC-8 flies DC3 mission
May 2012 – Special Deliveries: Shuttle ferry flights
May 2012 – Dryden organizers showcase center at first NASA Social
April 2012 – Flying the future
February 2012 – Snow study resumes
January 2012 – Dryden employees contributed to key missions in 2011
2011
September 2011 – Shuttle Tribute
