Aeronautics

Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA has created a new digital modelling tool for aeronautical engineers to innovate new aircraft designs, building on decades of experience using highly advanced computer code for aviation. Using this tool, researchers can create simulations of conceptual aircraft featuring never-flown technology and receive detailed data about how it would work.
Posted May 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Langley Research Center
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Flights
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight.  A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety […]
Posted May 15, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
NASA Aircraft
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight. A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety […]
Posted May 15, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Climate Change
Earth
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
NASA Aircraft
Science in the Air
Science Mission Directorate
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
Posted May 13, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Aeronautics
General
NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on the threshold of paying commercial dividends.
Posted May 9, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully operational jet engine to test new technology that could make aviation more sustainable.  The engine’s smaller size and modestly equipped test stand means researchers and engineers can try out newly designed engine compon
Posted April 29, 2024
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Wildfires
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have established a research transition team to guide the development of wildland fire technology.  Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and at a larger scale than in past decades, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Posted April 19, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
People of NASA
T-34C
Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is exhilarating, especially for photographers capturing NASA’s story. Jim Ross, photo lead at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was awarded first place for an image he took while flying upside down in a […]
Posted April 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Airborne Science
Armstrong Flight Research Center
DC-8
Earth Science
Langley Research Center
Science in the Air
After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1.
Posted April 10, 2024
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