NASA Adds Two F-15 Aircraft to Support Supersonic Flight Research
Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 jets have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in…
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NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings
The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that provide…
2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this…
NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025
With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II test flight…
NASA Works with Boeing, Other Collaborators Toward More Efficient Global Flights
Picture this: You’re just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching…
NASA Demonstrates Safer Skies for Future Urban Air Travel
NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air…
NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Prepares for More Flight Testing
After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first…
NASA, Partners Push Forward with Remotely Piloted Airspace Integration
NASA and its partners recently tested a tool for remotely piloted operations that could enable operators to transport people and…
NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety
As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and…
NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities
A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that…