Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Langley Research Center
NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting – particularly aerial nighttime operations.   In the future, agencies could more efficiently use drones, both remotely piloted and fully autonomous, to help fight wildfires.
Posted January 31, 2025
Ames Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Drones & You
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace?
Posted January 7, 2025
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
Supersonic Flight
NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks a significant milestone as the X-59 team progresses toward flight.
Posted December 20, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Air Traffic Solutions
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Sustainable Flight National Partnership
It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve ever used an app to navigate on a road trip, you’ve probably noticed how it finds you the most efficient route to your destination, even before you depart. To that end, NASA has been working […]
Posted December 20, 2024
Drones & You
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
UAS Traffic Management
Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without […]
Posted December 10, 2024
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
Supersonic Flight
NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce.
Posted December 6, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Green Aviation Tech
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will fly in aircraft manufacturer Electra’s EL2 Goldfinch experimental prototype aircraft on Sunday, Dec. 8. Members of the media are invited to speak with Nelson and Electra leaders just prior to the flight at 11:45 a.m. EST at Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia.
Posted December 6, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Transport Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Green Aviation Tech
Sustainable Aviation
Upside down can be right side up. That’s what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency’s answer to making future aircraft sustainable.
Posted December 5, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Electrified Aircraft Propulsion
Electrified Powertrain Flight Demo
Find Your Place
Learning Resources
MUREP
Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Abigail Reigner spent most of her childhood miles away from where her family called home, and where there was little trace of her Native American tribe and culture. Belonging to the Comanche Nation that resides in Lawton, Oklahoma, Reigner’s parents made every effort to keep her connected to her Indigenous […]
Posted November 19, 2024
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