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NASA’s globetrotting C-130 Hercules team is carrying out a cargo transport mission to Bengaluru, India, in support of the NASA-ISRO…
The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, built by North American Aviation (NAA), greatly expanded our knowledge of flight at speeds exceeding…
In June 2024, a new tail number swept the sky above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Pilots…
The first “A” in NASA stands for aeronautics. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is just one of several NASA centers…
Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two…
NASA’s X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term “sustainable” to heart by reusing…
This summer between June 17 and July 2, NASA will fly aircraft over Baltimore, Philadelphia, parts of Virginia, and California…
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will…
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then,…
NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more…
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…
NASA’s C-130 Hercules, managed at Wallops Flight Facility’s Aircraft Office in Virginia, provided aerial delivery support for a successful commercial…
It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA…
UPDATE: Workshop dates moved to October 24–25, 2024 Date: October 24–25, 2024Location: Washington, D.C. Jointly organized by the NASA History…
NASA’s Super Guppy arrives in Alabama on Nov. 6, 2023, carrying the heat shield that protected Orion’s crew module during…
Contrails, the lines of clouds from high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an…
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…
On Oct. 15, 1958, the first X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft rolled out of its factory. A joint project among NASA,…
Early in the blockbuster movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” U.S. Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell takes the secret hypersonic “Darkstar” airplane…
NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event
In July 2023, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft has been flying close to thunderclouds to investigate lightning and its connection to the…
The idea of rocket propelled aircraft originated in the automobile racing world and saw its first application on June 11,…
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds arrived at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility this week. The flight teams are stationed at…
One of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s greatest contributions to commercial aviation is something that passengers never see – digital…
The world’s largest flight simulator for high-fidelity testing of new and experimental aircraft and spacecraft designs Driven by powerful motors…
Flying unique, one-of-a-kind aircraft is one of the specialties of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. A process,…
NASA’s X-59 has undergone final installation of its lower empennage, better known as the tail assembly. NASA’s X-59 has undergone…
NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, completed more than 30 flights in…
NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent home in the Pima Air & Space…
When researchers test communications technology for the national airspace, they will be using a newly acquired tool at NASA’s Glenn…
