Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA Intern Took Career from Car Engines to Cockpits

Some career changes involve small shifts. But for one NASA engineering intern, the leap was much bigger –moving from under the hood of a car to helping air taxis take to the skies. Saré Culbertson spent more than a decade in the auto industry and had been working as a service manager in busy auto […]

Posted June 23, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Mobility

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Drones & You

Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology

NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis. But making that vision a reality involves ensuring that people will actually want to ride these aircraft – which is why NASA has been working to evaluate comfort, to see what passengers will and won’t […]

Posted June 20, 2025

Airborne Science

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California

From Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, July 2, two research aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights near Philadelphia, Baltimore, and some Virginia cities, including Richmond, as well as over the Los Angeles Basin, Salton Sea, and Central Valley in California.

Posted June 20, 2025

Langley Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

General

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry

A NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft during launch and reentry is supporting a European aerospace company’s upcoming mission to return a subscale demonstration capsule from space.

Posted June 18, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Hypersonic Technology

NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight

A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at hypersonic speeds – greater than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound – when mounted to two research rockets launching this summer. Technicians in the Environmental Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center […]

Posted June 18, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Learning Resources

Next Gen STEM

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA, Museum to Launch Junior Pilot School for Young Innovators

A new generation of aerospace explorers will soon embark on a hands-on summer experience focusing on careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). This month, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and the Flight Test Museum Foundation will launch the 2025 Junior Test Pilot School.

Posted June 12, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Langley Research Center

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

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Air Mobility Pathfinders project

People of Armstrong

People of NASA

From Garment Industry to NASA: Meet Systems Engineer Daniel Eng

As a child in the 1960s, Daniel Eng spent his weekends in New York City’s garment district in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, clipping loose threads off finished clothing. He worked alongside his mother, a seamstress, and his father, a steam press operator, where he developed an eye for detail and a passion for learning. Now, […]

Posted June 7, 2025

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program

Johnson Space Center

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain

Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions.

Posted May 29, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

People of Armstrong

People of NASA

NASA Videographer Wins Top Award for Capturing Human Side of Science

Capturing the high-stakes work behind NASA’s Airborne Science Program takes more than just technical skill – it takes vision. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, videographer Jacob Shaw brings that vision to life, documenting missions with a style and storytelling approach all his own.

Posted May 23, 2025