Category: Armstrong Flight Research 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

A winged spacecraft will soon take off with four NASA-supported technology experiments onboard. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo will separate from the WhiteKnightTwo twin-fuselage carrier aircraft and

A fall intern at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, has worked for the past few months continuing the development of an augmented reality

2018 has been a remarkable year for NASA Armstrong. From conducting flight operations in support of Commercial Supersonic Technology, to modifying the all-electric X-57 Maxwell

The X-56A team has suppressed flutter, which is a potentially destructive oscillation, with a modern and a classical controller for the first time at NASA’s

When astronauts began landing on the Moon in July 1969, they did so not only with state-of-the-art spacecraft systems, but also with special suits designed

NASA researchers are working daily to produce damage assessments and other products that could help disaster managers who have been battling two devastating California wildfires.

Experimental Wing Verified During Loads Testing Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA Armstrong Receives First of Three F/A-18Bs Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA Armstrong’s Office of Education Visits the Navajo Nation Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA has updated the date for the media day event at which journalists are invited to learn about the agency’s Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 campaign.

When it comes to data systems for the Orion Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test vehicle, the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California is ensuring

NASA is set to begin a series of quiet supersonic research flights off the coast of Texas near Galveston to test ways to measure the

Arizona’s World View Enterprises launched its Stratollite high-altitude balloon system on Sept. 26 from a remote launchpad in McCall, Idaho. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

Past NASA research pilot and astronaut Richard “Rick” Searfoss died Sept. 29 at his home in Bear Valley Springs, California, at the age of 62.

X-56A Test Flight Focus Shifts Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

Southwestern skies will serve as a canvas for the bright colors and unique shapes of hot air balloons when the 47th annual Albuquerque International Balloon

Two series of structural tests on a uniquely designed, high-aspect ratio, light-weight experimental test article could demonstrate a new method of wing design and fabrication.

Meet NASA SOFIA Pilot Elizabeth Ruth Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

Like a collection of savvy entrepreneurs gathered to hear new business proposals in a “shark tank,” NASA’s aeronautical innovators always are looking for the “next

Three NASA technology demonstration payloads launched aboard UP Aerospace’s SpaceLoft 12 mission from Spaceport America in New Mexico on Sept. 12. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center

Gearing up for its first flight test, NASA’s Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology, or ADEPT, is no ordinary umbrella. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

NASA Invites Media to Suborbital Launch of New Heat Shield Tech from Spaceport America Source:: Armstrong Flight Center       

Arriving at one of the driest spots in North America, the Mojave Desert, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine toured the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center and

NASA’s Flight Opportunities program has selected 15 promising space technologies to be tested on commercial low-gravity simulating aircraft, high-altitude balloons and suborbital rockets. Source:: Armstrong