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German Escobar works on a model aircraft wing structure that has two long sides and bars in between, which resembles…
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In a collaboration between multiple partners in the aviation industry, NASA is helping determine if the latest advances in aircraft…
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Contrails, the lines of clouds from high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an…
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NASA researchers have completed testing on a scale model of a unique aircraft wing, gaining data that will help build…
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No, it’s not hypermodern art. This image from a simulation generated by NASA’s high-performance computers, shows a Transonic Truss Braced…
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Scientists from NASA and Boeing recently met near Seattle to test whether an aircraft with engines burning different blends of…
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A team of NASA researchers are once again using NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory to study ice crystals – and more…
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Sustainable aircraft of the future are going to need propulsion systems that can use technology to generate power comparable to…
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The future of commercial flight is sustainable, efficient, and cleaner. To make this vision a reality, NASA established the Sustainable…
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A one-megawatt electric motor that could help propel future, more environmentally friendly and economically sustainable aircraft was tested during April…
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Sunset at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana, where this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways served as the…
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A 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways for Boeing’s 2020 ecoDemonstrator program makes a low pass over a collection…
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An array of 960 microphones is seen here off the end of runway 11 at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow,…
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NASA worked with Boeing to wire more than 200 microphones to the outside skin of this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan…
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A pair of NASA research projects to gather data on aircraft noise and test an air traffic management digital data…
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For NASA’s aeronautical innovators, when it comes to designing the next generation of passenger-carrying airplanes, you can think of it…
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As our research team at NASA continues to explore electrified aircraft propulsion as a fuel- and- cost-efficient alternative to traditional…
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NASA’s ongoing research into what happens with engine performance, emissions and contrail formation when you use different types of fuels…
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Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70…
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It sounds like a cause of heart burn. Instead, Boundary Layer Ingestion – or BLI – is a promising idea…
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In an effort to improve fuel efficiency, NASA and the aircraft industry are rethinking aircraft design. Inside the 8’ x…
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Car, truck, train and aircraft manufacturers have made great strides in recent years to reduce fuel consumption, resulting in consumer…
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NASA’s vision for advanced fixed-wing transport aircraft of the future features revolutionary energy efficiency and environmental compatibility. The overarching goal…
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Research scientists at NASA Glenn recently put cameras into a hot aircraft engine to help understand how ice builds up…
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The overarching goal of the Advanced Air Transport Technology (AATT) Project is to explore and develop technologies and concepts for…
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Turbine Noise Generation in Turbofan Engines The Acoustics Discipline of the Fundamental Aeronautics Program is pursuing technologies to reduce aircraft…
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When Orville Wright traveled to Cleveland for the dedication of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in the 1940s, he had…
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NASA’s ongoing research into the environmental effects of burning alternative fuels in jet engines picked up some fresh international flavor…
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NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed agreements to work together to reduce aircraft noise and advance research…
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Advancing the efficiency of aircraft engines can be improved significantly by increasing the temperature at which they operate. Engine components…