Armstrong Flight Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Progresses Through Tests on the Path to Flight

The team preparing NASA’s X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to make its first flight. This includes a trio of important structural tests and critical inspections on the path to flight. The X-59 is an experimental plane that will fly faster than the speed of sound without a loud sonic […]

Posted August 13, 2024

Aeronautics

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Earth's Atmosphere

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Aircraft

Science in the Air

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth

Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and overcame several challenges throughout its missions.

Posted August 8, 2024

Aeronautics

Flight Innovation

Green Aviation Tech

NASA Aircraft

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator

NASA’s X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term “sustainable” to heart by reusing an old MD-90 cockpit as a base for its new X-66 simulator. When airplanes are retired, they often wind up in “boneyards” — storage fields where they spend years being picked over for parts by […]

Posted July 23, 2024

Advanced Air Mobility

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Drones & You

Flight Innovation

Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology

NASA Prepares for Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies

A new custom virtual reality flight simulator built by NASA researchers will allow them to explore how passengers experience air taxi rides and collect data that will help designers create new aircraft with passenger comfort in mind.

Posted June 27, 2024

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Could Make EPIC Mars Landings

Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. It’s an even bigger challenge when you don’t have enough information about how the parachutes are enduring strain during the descent to the surface.

Posted June 27, 2024

General

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Learning Resources

MUREP

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Supports California Students Aiming to Advance Technology

Students from a minority-serving university in California are helping solve challenges of autonomous systems for future drone operations on Earth and other planets. These students are making the most of opportunities with NASA, the U.S.

Posted June 12, 2024

Flight Opportunities Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Program Sends University Payloads to Space

NASA’s Flight Opportunities program sent two university payloads on suborbital flight tests onboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity on June 8 when it launched from Spaceport America in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Posted June 11, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Flights

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First 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