Glenn Research Center

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety

As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing – and their decision-making is guided by safety. First flight will be a lower-altitude loop at about 240 mph to check system integration, kicking off a phase of flight testing […]

Posted September 12, 2025

Aeronautics

Aerosciences Evaluation Test Capabilities

Flight Innovation

Transformational Tools Technologies

NASA Advances Pressure Sensitive Paint Research Capability

Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft and rocket designs in wind tunnels have flipped that childhood pastime, using computers to generate images from “numbers-by-paint” – pressure sensitive paint (PSP), that is.

Posted July 3, 2025

Glenn History

To the Spacemobile!

In this Nov. 1, 1964, image, three members of NASA’s Lewis Research Center’s (now NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland) Educational Services Office pose with one of the center’s Spacemobile space science demonstration units.

Posted July 2, 2025

Commercial Space

General

The Future of Commercial Space

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)

NASA Seeks Commercial Feedback on Space Communication Solutions

NASA is seeking information from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging agency science missions.

Posted June 16, 2025

AeroSpace Frontiers

NASA Glenn Pitches Science Demonstrations at Lake Erie Crushers Game

NASA’s Glenn Research Center headed to the ballpark for Education Day with the Lake Erie Crushers on May 15.

Posted June 11, 2025

Aeronautics

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission

High over the Mojave Desert, two NASA F-15 research jets made a series of flights throughout May to validate tools designed to measure and record the shock waves that will be produced by the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic experimental aircraft. The F-15s, carrying the recording tools, flew faster than the speed of sound, matching the […]

Posted June 10, 2025

Aeronautics

Technology Transfer

Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program

University Innovation

Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition

A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first place at the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to research aviation solutions to support U.S. agriculture.

Posted May 22, 2025

Aeronautics

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Commercial Supersonic Technology

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert – all without ever leaving the ground. “The idea behind these tests is to command the airplane’s subsystems and flight computer to function as if it […]

Posted May 16, 2025