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To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos to highlight the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the ways it transformed flight over four decades.

Posted March 3, 2025

Earth Science

Airborne Science

Armstrong Flight Research Center

B200

Earth Science Technology Office

Earth's Atmosphere

General

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Uses New Technology to Understand California Wildfires

The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology.

Posted March 1, 2025

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Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA Headquarters

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

NASA Remembers Long-Time Civil Servant John Boyd

John Boyd, known to many as Jack and whose career spanned more than seven decades in a multitude of roles across NASA as well as its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), died Feb. 20. He was 99. Born in 1925, and raised in Danville, Virginia, he was a long-time resident of Saratoga, […]

Posted February 26, 2025

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Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Completes Electromagnetic Testing

NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft has cleared electromagnetic testing, confirming its systems will work together safely, without interference across a range of scenarios. “Reaching this phase shows that the aircraft integration is advancing,” said Yohan Lin, NASA’s X-59 avionics lead.

Posted February 26, 2025

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Learning Resources

Next Gen STEM

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Inspires High School Engineering Club

A group of enthusiastic high school students recently visited NASA to learn about facilities and capabilities that enable the agency’s researchers to explore, innovate, and inspire for the benefit of humanity.

Posted February 14, 2025

NASA Centers & Facilities

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Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Goddard Space Flight Center

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

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Space Technology Mission Directorate

Spinoffs

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Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth

The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in low Earth orbit to learn about the space environment and perform research to advance deep space exploration.

Posted February 12, 2025

Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Quesst (X-59)

NASA’s X-59 Turns Up Power, Throttles Through Engine Tests

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the X-59’s planned first flight this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the aircraft’s engine run tests in January.

Posted February 11, 2025

Airborne Science

Armstrong Flight Research Center

B200

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Explores Earth Science with New Navigational System

NASA and its partners recently tested an aircraft guidance system that could help planes maintain a precise course even while flying at high speeds up to 500 mph. The instrument is Soxnav, the culmination of more than 30 years of development of aircraft navigation systems. NASA’s G-IV aircraft flew its first mission to test this […]

Posted February 7, 2025

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Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Green Aviation Tech

Langley Research Center

Sustainable Aviation

Wind Over Its Wing: NASA’s X-66 Model Tests Airflow

NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team to generate high-quality data about the aerodynamic forces that would affect the actual X-66.

Posted February 5, 2025

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Artemis

Flight Opportunities Program

Game Changing Development Program

Glenn Research Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon

The old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began […]

Posted February 4, 2025