Category: Armstrong Flight Research Center

These concept art images depict NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, in several phases of operation at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, located at

NASA’s aeronautical innovators are embracing a more inclusive vision for the future of air travel in at least one major research area, and the terminology

Women at NASA are making history every day by contributing to groundbreaking missions and projects in the areas of space, science and aeronautics. Source:: Armstrong

Assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

Allen Parker, NASA Engineer Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project presented three free webinars. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

As the number of flights increase to the International Space Station from commercial spaceships delivering U.S. astronauts and supplies and Russian Soyuz flights continue, NASA’s

The future of aviation doesn’t look the same as it did just five years ago. In fact, it looks more exciting and promising than ever

NASA scientists flew over thousands of facilities in California to detect sources of concentrated methane plumes. Their findings could help the state lower emissions. Source::

Emergencies can happen in confined spaces and it’s up to responders to be ready for the challenge. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

Former NASA astronaut and pilot Fred Haise gave a presentation about his lifelong career in space and aeronautics at Edwards Air Force Base, in California

If you have ever dreamt of having a NASA aircraft in your living room, then you are in luck. The Aeronautics AR app, which has

55 Years Ago: The First Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA’s four aeronautics research centers collaborated to create a new lightweight antenna to boost aircraft and antenna performance. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA is Accepting Applicants for its Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA’s X-57 project has marked two critical milestones, taking two major steps toward demonstrating the benefits of electric propulsion for aviation. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center

The life-saving Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) was awarded the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy by the National Aeronautic Association June 13. Source::

It was a brisk morning as the final checks on the lakebed and in the control room were nearly complete for the X-56A to take

NASA began outreach efforts for the upcoming Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) demonstration in 2020 at a panel discussion at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle

NASA and Blue Origin Help Classrooms and Researchers Reach Space Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

A group of NASA researchers could soon be blown away by data they collect during an airborne science campaign that will span from the Pacific

Teachers across the Antelope Valley in Southern California gathered for a day at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center to learn about three concepts: circuits, coding

Media are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour and briefing of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703

David Nils Larson went to work one morning, attended a few meetings, gathered his life support gear and soon found himself 30,000 feet over the

NASA’s B-377SGT Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft, operated by NASA’s Johnson Space Center, arrived to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California

NASA has successfully tested an advanced air-to-air photographic technology in flight, capturing the first-ever images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft in

NASA has signed contracts with three industry partners in a bid to demonstrate progress in the use and eventual certification of systems critical to the

NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo

Explore to Flight: Educators Launch a Lunar Buggy Through the Engineering Design Process Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California supported the agency in 2018 by advancing flight, Earth and space research through

Before a NASA technology makes it to orbit or lands on another planet, researchers test – and retest – it in space-like conditions. These tests