Glenn Research Center

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

Glenn History

Glenn Research Center

NASA History

NASA Plane Supported Innovative Microgravity Research in ‘90s

A bell rings and a strobe light flashes as a pilot pulls the nose of the DC-9 aircraft up sharply. The blood quickly drains from researchers’ heads as they are pulled to the cabin floor by a force twice that of normal gravity. Once the acceleration slows to the desired level, and the NASA aircraft […]

Posted November 27, 2024

Gateway Space Station

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Program

Glenn Research Center

Johnson Space Center

Gateway Tops Off

Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element is now equipped with its xenon and liquid fuel tanks.

Posted November 20, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Game Changing Development Program

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Technology Mission Directorate

From Houston to the Moon: Johnson’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber Tests Lunar Solar Technology

Imagine designing technology that can survive on the Moon for up to a decade, providing a continuous energy supply. NASA selected three companies to develop such systems, aimed at providing a power source at the Moon’s South Pole for Artemis missions. Three companies were awarded contracts in 2022 with plans to test their self-sustaining solar […]

Posted November 20, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Electrified Aircraft Propulsion

Electrified Powertrain Flight Demo

Find Your Place

Learning Resources

MUREP

NASA Engineer Carries Indigenous Roots into New Aviation Era

Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Abigail Reigner spent most of her childhood miles away from where her family called home, and where there was little trace of her Native American tribe and culture. Belonging to the Comanche Nation that resides in Lawton, Oklahoma, Reigner’s parents made every effort to keep her connected to her Indigenous […]

Posted November 19, 2024

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

NASA Glenn Chief Counsel Named to CSU Law Hall of Fame

Cleveland State University (CSU) inducted Callista Puchmeyer, chief counsel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, into the CSU College of Law Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Nov. 1. Puchmeyer provides expert legal advice to NASA Glenn’s center director and other senior leaders.

Posted November 13, 2024

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

NASA Encourages Careers in STEM During Event

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland supported this year’s STEM Goes Red for Girls event at Great Lakes Science Center on Oct. 21. The program provides seventh and eighth grade students exposure to some of Greater Cleveland’s leading STEM companies.

Posted November 13, 2024

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Advanced Air Transport Technology

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

Sustainable Flight National Partnership

NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft

Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft – what kinds of designs or technology make that possible? NASA is working to answer those questions by commissioning five new design studies looking to push the boundaries of possibility […]

Posted November 12, 2024

Advanced Air Mobility

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Drones & You

Glenn Research Center

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities.

Posted November 12, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft. These engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by its own engine. […]

Posted November 6, 2024