Aeronautics galleryAir traffic controllers test NASA-developed concepts in FutureFlight Central, an ultra-realistic, 360-degree, simulated control tower at NASA Ames Research Center.This image from March 1962 shows an X-15 aircraft model, as shock waves surround the small scale object in the...A Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) is seen here on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.,...A collaborative effort between NASA and Boeing Research and Technology, this test in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel at NASA's...The Aerospace Cognitive Engineering Lab Rapid Automation Test Environment at Ames showing out-the-window views of San Francisco for an Advanced...North American XP-51B Airplane with outer wing panels removed and ready for testing in Ames 16-foot wind tunnel.Helping make the battle against wildfires faster, safer, and more targeted, a NASA project recently tested its tools in a...In this photo taken from a chase plane, the Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 flight test airplane --with NASA's Active Flow Control...The Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) mission team hopes to learn more about small-scale movements of ocean water such as...If small, unmanned aircraft could be made smarter and more independent, they could help firefighters and other responders do even...In this picture from 2016, our Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, lands at Moffett Field...Four passengers participate in a simulation of an air taxi ride at NASA's Vertical Motion Simulator, or VMS. Located at...Before the next astronauts set foot on the Moon, they'll need to learn how to land their spacecraft on the...Smoke and lasers are used to inspect the air flow of an Space Shuttle model in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory...Christine Pastor, an AeroMechanical Test Engineer with Sierra Lobo, Inc, works in Glenn's 8x6 Supersonic Wind Tunnel.A three percent scale model of a blended wing body aircraft design recently was tested in NASA Langley's 12-Foot Low-Speed...NASA recently tested a full-sized tail from a 757 commercial aircraft that was modified and equipped with tiny jets called...Model airplane builders James B. Newman and Robert L. McDonald prepare for a flight with models of the M2-F2 and...A model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft is seen here installed for testing in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel...