Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Game Changing Development Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Living and working in space requires getting ready a bit closer to Earth. Through a suborbital flight test on Dec. 19, 2023 with industry provider Blue Origin, NASA’s Flight Opportunities program is helping 14 research payloads move one step toward future space missions and commercial applications.
Posted December 20, 2023
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Air Traffic Solutions
Drones & You
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
NASA Aircraft
Science Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Supersonic Flight
It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA Armstrong continues to demonstrate America’s leadership in aeronautics, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology.
Posted December 15, 2023
Advanced Air Transport Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Airborne Science
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
In a collaboration between multiple partners in the aviation industry, NASA is helping determine if the latest advances in aircraft engines and fuels can reduce atmospheric warming from condensation trails.
Posted December 11, 2023
Drones & You
Aeronáutica
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA en español
Lee esta historia en inglés aquí. Hoy podemos recibir paquetes más rápido que antes gracias a los pedidos en línea y los servicios de entrega rápida. La demanda de este tipo de entrega rápida sigue aumentando y se necesitan nuevos medios de transporte de carga para mantener el ritmo. La NASA está especialmente cualificada para ayudar […]
Posted November 22, 2023
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 Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ facility in Palmdale, California. The X-59’s paint scheme will include a mainly white body, a NASA “sonic blue” underside, and red accents on the wings. The paint doesn’t just add cosmetic value. It also […]
Posted November 15, 2023
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Earth Science
Earth Surface & Interior
ER-2
Science & Research
In September 2023, NASA aircraft began supporting an effort to find and map critical mineral deposits in Western regions of the U.S.
Posted November 7, 2023
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Atmospheric Composition
Climate Change
DC-8
Earth's Atmosphere
Science in the Air
Contrails, the lines of clouds left by high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an unseen effect on the planet – trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Posted October 30, 2023
Drones & You
Aeronáutica
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA en español
Lee esta historia en inglés aquí. Hoy en día, los pasajeros de avión esperan un viaje tranquilo con pocas turbulencias. Aunque las turbulencias no siempre pueden evitarse, las consideraciones y diseños de los aviones limitan lo que siente el pasajero.
Posted October 26, 2023
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Johnson Space Center
Langley Research Center
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Flights
Quesst: The Mission
Quesst: The Science
Quesst: The Team
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover, on Saturday, Oct. 21 during an open house held at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The pilots originally met more than two decades ago when Larson was an instructor at the […]
Posted October 23, 2023
Flight Opportunities Program
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA is calling on innovators to help solve some of the challenges in rapidly testing technology payloads across a wide range of commercial flight vehicles and test environments. As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, the agency is making increased use of commercial suborbital vehicles, spacecraft, and lunar landers to help advance new […]
Posted October 16, 2023
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