Armstrong Flight Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
C-20A
DC-8
Earth Science
ER-2
Flight Opportunities Program
Quesst (X-59)
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024.
Posted December 20, 2024
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
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Center Innovation Fund
Flight Innovation
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
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
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
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
Armstrong Flight Research Center
C-20A
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
On a changing planet, where phenomena like severe hurricanes, landslides, and wildfires are becoming more severe, scientists need data to assess and model disaster impacts and to potentially make predictions about hazards.
Posted December 4, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Learning Resources
Next Gen STEM
STEM Engagement at NASA
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
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
Flight Opportunities Program
Game Changing Development Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Psyche Mission
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Technology
Technology Demonstration Missions Program
One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40 times farther than our Moon. That’s like using a laser pointer to track a moving dime from a mile away. That’s pretty precise. That laser — transmitted […]
Posted November 14, 2024
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