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Armstrong Flight Research Center
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NASA Aircraft
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator
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
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
NASA Aircraft
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic 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
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Climate Change
Earth
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
NASA Aircraft
Science in the Air
Science Mission Directorate
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has flown in service of the science community over places like Antarctica, Greenland, and Thailand. Aircraft like the DC-8 have enabled scientists to ask questions about life on Earth and explore them in a way […]
Posted May 13, 2024
Ingenuity (Helicopter)
Aeronautics
Drones & You
Missions
NASA Aircraft
NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan.
Posted January 25, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Glenn Research Center
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Langley Research Center
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
NASA Aircraft
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.
Posted January 12, 2024
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
NASA Aircraft
Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s C-130 Hercules, managed at Wallops Flight Facility’s Aircraft Office in Virginia, provided aerial delivery support for a successful commercial crew parachute airdrop test Jan. 9 at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
Posted January 12, 2024
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
NASA History
Airborne Science
DC-8
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
NASA Aircraft
Call for Papers Date: August 13–14, 2024Location: Washington, D.C. Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns implemented on NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory.
Posted December 11, 2023
Wallops Flight Facility
Aeronautics
NASA Aircraft
Scientific Balloons
On Oct. 28, 2023, NASA’s C-130 Hercules and crew safely touched down at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, after an around-the-globe journey to deliver the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO).
Posted October 30, 2023
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