NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis. But making that vision a reality involves ensuring that people will actually want to ride these aircraft – which is why NASA has been working to evaluate comfort, to see what passengers will and won’t […]
Category: Armstrong Flight Research Center
NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight
A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at hypersonic speeds – greater than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound – when mounted to two research rockets launching this summer. Technicians in the Environmental Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center […]
NASA, Museum to Launch Junior Pilot School for Young Innovators
A new generation of aerospace explorers will soon embark on a hands-on summer experience focusing on careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). This month, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and the Flight Test Museum Foundation will launch the 2025 Junior Test Pilot School. Held at Blackbird Airpark and Joe Davies […]
- Aeronautics
- Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
- Ames Research Center
- Armstrong Flight Research Center
- Commercial Supersonic Technology
- Glenn Research Center
- Integrated Aviation Systems Program
- Langley Research Center
- Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
- Quesst (X-59)
- Quesst: The Vehicle
- Supersonic Flight
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 designed to measure and record the shock waves that will be produced by the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic experimental aircraft. The F-15s, carrying the recording tools, flew faster than the speed of sound, matching the […]
From Garment Industry to NASA: Meet Systems Engineer Daniel Eng
As a child in the 1960s, Daniel Eng spent his weekends in New York City’s garment district in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, clipping loose threads off finished clothing. He worked alongside his mother, a seamstress, and his father, a steam press operator, where he developed an eye for detail and a passion for learning. Now, […]
NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions. To support this, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is pursuing a regular cadence of flight testing on a variety of vehicles, […]
NASA Videographer Wins Top Award for Capturing Human Side of Science
Capturing the high-stakes work behind NASA’s Airborne Science Program takes more than just technical skill – it takes vision. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, videographer Jacob Shaw brings that vision to life, documenting missions with a style and storytelling approach all his own. “Armstrong is full of cutting-edge flight research and […]
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 place at the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to research aviation solutions to support U.S. agriculture. The winning project proposed a drone-based soil and tissue sampling process that would […]
- Advanced Air Vehicles Program
- Aeronautics
- Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
- Ames Research Center
- Armstrong Flight Research Center
- Commercial Supersonic Technology
- Glenn Research Center
- Integrated Aviation Systems Program
- Langley Research Center
- Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
- Quesst (X-59)
- Quesst: The Vehicle
- Supersonic Flight
NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert – all without ever leaving the ground. “The idea behind these tests is to command the airplane’s subsystems and flight computer to function as if it […]
NASA Careers Take Off with Internships
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Do you dream of working for NASA and contributing to exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity? The agency’s internship programs provide high school and college students opportunities to advance NASA’s mission in aeronautics, science, technology, and space. Claudia Sales, Kassidy McLaughlin, and Julio Treviño started their careers […]