Astronaut Joe Engle Flies X-15
Former NASA astronaut Joe Engle poses in front of an X-15 plane in this Dec. 2, 1965, photo. On June…
Tag: Aeronautics
NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward
NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis.…
NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California
From Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, July 2, two research aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights…
NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight
NASA/Jacob Shaw A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first…
NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission
High over the Mojave Desert, two NASA F-15 research jets made a series of flights throughout May to validate tools…
NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests
New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial…
Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition
A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first…
Another Milestone for X-59 – NASA
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through…
NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test
NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace…
Finalists Selected in Agriculture-Themed NASA Aeronautics Competition
Eight finalist teams participating in the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition have been selected to present to a…