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The X-Press newsletter was published for NASA Armstrong employees and retirees and members of the general public.

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Updated Jul 7, 2023
NASA 862, which is an F/A-18D, departs with its fresh colors from the U.S. Air Force Corrosion Control Facility on Edwards Air Force Base in California for its nearby home at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.
NASA/Steve Freeman

The center newsletter was first published on Feb. 25, 1955, as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station News. The first official X-Press newsletter was published on April 22, 1955. The last X-Press was published in June 2023.

For more information, call or email Jay Levine, X-Press editor, at 661-276-3459 or Jay.Levine-1@nasa.gov, or write to P.O. Box 273, MS 1422, Edwards, CA 93523.

2023

June 2023 – X-57 Contributions

May 2023 – New Paint

April 2023 – Quesst

March 2023 – Into the Storm

February 2023 – Catching a Wave

January 2023 – Accessible Travel

2022

November/December 2022 – Artemis I Inspires

October 2022 – Sensational SOFIA

August/September 2022 – Final Flight

June/July 2022 – Safe Travels

May 2022 – Sustainable Aviation

April 2022 – ER-2 Mission Ready

March 2022 – Exciting Flights

​February 2022 – Heavy Lifting

January 2022 – Seeing Shock Waves

2021

December 2021 – James Webb Telescope Launches

November 2021 – X-59 is Coming Together

October 2021 – 75 Years of Excellence

September 2021 – Center Marks 75 Years

September 2021 Interactive Edition – Center Marks 75 Years
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August 2021 – X-59 Advances

July 2021 – HiDRON Flies

June 2021 – New Aircraft Proposed

May 2021 – X-56B Begins New Flight Series

April 2021 – Columbia Landed Here in 1981

April 2021 EP PDF – Mars Rover Delivered

April 2021 EP Interactive Edition – Mars Rover Delivered
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March 2021 – Perserverance Successfully Lands on Mars

February 2021 – Armstrong Assists with Orion

January 2021 – DC-8 Returns to Flight

2020

December 2020 EP pdf – X-59 Assembly Team Marks Wing Milestone

December 2020 EP Interactive Edition – X-59 Assembly Team Marks Wing Milestone
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December 2020  – SCHAMROQ is Prepping the Tools for Supersonic Research

November 2020  – SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Areas of the Moon

October 2020  – UAS Could Deliver Vital Organs, Blood

September 2020  – X-59: NASA Marks Progress on Newest X-plane

September 2020 EP Interactive Edition – NASA Assists in Developing COVID-19 Solutions
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September 2020 EP pdf – NASA Teams up with Antelope Valley Task Force

August 2020  – Perseverance Rover is on its Way

July 2020  – X-57 Future Wing, Cruise Motors Advance

June 2020 – We Knew Him When – Pilots Recall Going to School With Robert Behnken

May 2020 – Mars Airplane – Sam Maximizes NASA Armstrong Internship

April 2020 – Lending a Hand – Center Assists Community COVID-19 Response

March 2020 – The Telework Bunch

January 2020 – X-59 – New Experimental Jet Cleared for Final Assembly

2019

December 2019 – Shock Sensing Probe

November 2019 – Flight Opportunities is Enabling Landing Technology

October 2019 – X-57 Arrives

September 2019 – X-57 Wing Tests Complete

August 2019 – Launch Abort System Test Near Flawless

June 2019 – Collier Trophy – Armstrong Part of Team That Won Aviation’s Biggest Prize

May 2019 – Molecule is Found – Long Search for the Universe’s First Type of Molecule is Over

April 2019 – What’s It Like Nils?

March 2019 – NASA, Center Budgets Solid

February 2019 – Shockwave Interaction

2018

December 2018 – Virgin Galactic Delivers

November 2018 – Taking the Boom out of Sonic Boom

October 2018 – AA-2 Effort Wrapping Up

September 2018 – X-56A is on Target

August 2018 – Pilots Assist with Wildfires

July 2018 – Armstrong Assists on AA-2

June 2018 – Solo Flight

May 2018 – Can You Hear Me Now?

April 2018 – Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 on Target

March 2018 – Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator Advances

February 2018 – Tests Begin on X-57 Motors

January 2018 – Flight Proves New Tech

2017

November 2017 – SNC Lands Success

October 2017 – Supersonic Flight at 70

July 2017 – F-18 Bringing the Boom to Florida

June  2017 – SOFIA Leads to Black Hole Discovery

May  2017 – Twistable, Flexible Wing Flaps Work

April  2017 – FOSS – System Could be Valuable to a Number of Varied Industries

March  2017 – Smooth Flow – Research Begins on Laminar Flow Concept

February 2017 – Dream Chaser Spacecraft Arrives for Testing and Flight Tests

January 2017 – Grand Success – Armstrong Employees Achieved Much in 2016

2016

December 2016 – Armstrong Contributions – Bolden Thanks Armstrong Employees for Dedication

November 2016 – Eye of the Hurricane – Global Hawk Observed Matthew During NOAA Mission

October 2016 – Armstrong 70th Anniversary

August 2016 – Tecnam Delivered – Aircraft That Will Become X-57 is Now in California

July 2016 – New X-Plane – Distributed Electric Aircraft Named X-57

June 2016 – NASA Social – Supersonic and UAV Research Highlighted

May 2016 – AfriSAR: NASA Science Mission Measures Changes in the Gabon Environment

April 2016 – BOSCO Impresses

March 2016 – Sonic Boom Probe Flies

February 2016 – New Experimental Airplane! Electric Propulsion Sceptor to Fly in 2 Years

January 2016 – 2015: NASA Armstrong Advanced Aeronautics, Science and Technology Through Flight

2015

December 2015 – UP Launches Technology

November 2015 – Two First Flights Aced – Subscale Glider Flies

September 2015 – Sensational Science – Scientists See Pluto Occultation and Rare Milky Way Views From NASA’s 747SP SOFIA Flying Observatory

June 2015 – First Mars Airplane? – Innovation Could Lead to Flier in 2022-24

April 2015 – Second Mutt Makes First Flight

April 2015 – Celebrating 100 Years of the NACA

2014

December 2014 – ORION Advances

November 2014 – ACTE Takes Flight

August 2014 – System Fit Check is a Success – Towed Glider Closing in on Research Flight

July 2014Legendary test pilot William “Bill” Dana honored by friends and family at event

June 2014 – Legends live on: Neil A. Armstrong and Hugh L. Dryden honored

March 2014 – Tribute to Neil A. Armstrong and Hugh L. Dryden

January 2014 – Dryden busy in 2014

2013

December 2013 – UAS: A big future is in store for these aircraft

November 2013 – SLS system evaluated

October 2013 – Stellar SOFIA (HTML)

September 2013 – We will miss you, Gordo

July 2013 – UP reaches altitude record

May 2013 – X-48 program complete

April 2013 – Asteroid mission targeted

March 2013 – ACCESS studies contrails

February 2013 – Tomorrow’s tech today

January 2013 – Smart controls save fuel

2012

December 2012 – Snow and ice science

November 2012 – Studying FaINT sound

October 2012 – Final Flight

September 2012 – Global Hawks to fly HS3

August 2012 – Mars Miracle

July 2012 – Collision avoidance system works

June 2012 – DC-8 flies DC3 mission

May 2012 – Special Deliveries: Shuttle ferry flights

May 2012 – Dryden organizers showcase center at first NASA Social

April 2012 – Flying the future

March 2012 – Xombie rising

February 2012 – Snow study resumes

January 2012 – Dryden employees contributed to key missions in 2011

2011

September 2011 – Shuttle Tribute

August 2011 – Aerovations

April 2011 – A GREAT mission

2010

December 2010 – First Science

2009

October 2009 – Aerovations

2008

December 2008 – NASA Dryden’s 50th Anniversary