Aeronautics

High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory.

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

NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions

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

Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Center Innovation Fund

Flight Innovation

Atmospheric Probe Takes Flight

On Oct. 22, 2024, the latest iteration of an atmospheric probe developed by researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully completed a test flight.

Posted December 13, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Center Innovation Fund

Flight Innovation

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight

The most effective way to prove a new idea is to start small, test, learn, and test again. A team of researchers developing an atmospheric probe at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, are taking that approach. The concept could offer future scientists a potentially better and more economical way to collect data […]

Posted December 11, 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

NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality

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

General

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Artemis

Artemis Accords

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

Earth

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Low Earth Orbit Economy

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Directorates

NASA en español

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

People of NASA

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Social Media

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

STEM Engagement at NASA

The Solar System

The Universe

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024

With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]

Posted December 6, 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 to Test Technology for X-59’s Unique Shock Wave Measurements

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 Invites Media to Administrator Flight in Electra Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

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

NASA Flips Efficient Wing Concept for Testing

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

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Learning Resources

Next Gen STEM

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Experts Share Inspiring Stories of Perseverance to Students

In celebration of National Aviation History Month, experts from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, spoke with middle school students during a recent event hosted by NASA’s California Office of STEM Engagement.

Posted December 3, 2024