Canada News Beep
  • News Beep
  • Canada
  • Headlines
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
Canada News Beep
Canada News Beep
  • News Beep
  • Canada
  • Headlines
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology

Browsing Tag

Armstrong Flight Research Center

7 posts
SSpace
One white man with a long beard and tattoos on his arms holds a silver and gray controller, while another white man leans over to hold a small aircraft in place. The two men are both wearing hearing protection, which look like headphones. The aircraft looks to be only a few feet tall.
Read More

NASA Lab Completes Engine Checks on New Aircraft

  • December 19, 2025
Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine…
SSpace
The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above California. The plane has a distinctive shape with a long, sharply pointed nose. The nose is silver, while the rest of the body looks white. The words "NASA" and "X-59" are on the body of the aircraft. In the background, we can see brown earth below the plane as well as hazy mountains in the distance.
Read More

NASA’s Quesst Mission Marks X-59’s Historic First Flight

  • November 21, 2025
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at…
SSpace
Two maintainers in white protective suits, air tanks, masks, rubber gloves, and boots check NASA’s X-59 hydrazine system during a hydrazine safety check at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The sky is slightly overcast, with some sunlight rays beginning to peek out from behind the clouds. The aircraft has a panel open, a ladder positioned on the right side of its fuselage, and air ducts extending from the aircraft into a service cart.
Read More

NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety

  • September 13, 2025
As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from…
SSpace
A parachute carrying a capsule is fully open against a canvas of deep blue sky.
Read More

Epic Research Can Help Mars Missions

  • August 23, 2025
The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or EPIC, test experiment deploys following an air…
SSpace
NASA’s X-59 lead test pilot Nils Larson sits in the cockpit of the X-59 wearing a helmet and tan flight suit under a green G-suit. The X-59’s canopy is partially raised, and Larson can be seen reaching up with his left hand to close it. The Quesst mission logo is visible on the aircraft’s fuselage and the background sky has a soft purple and pink color from the early light.
Read More

NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight

  • August 19, 2025
As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push…
SSpace
A man is adjusting a propeller blade attached to a test model, with a blue-lit background.
Read More

NASA Uses Wind Tunnel to Test Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Wing

  • August 8, 2025
The advanced air mobility industry is currently working to produce novel aircraft ranging from air taxis to autonomous…
SSpace
NASA test pilot Nils Larson walks around an F-15B aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He wears a green G-suit over his tan flight suit and looks up at the nose of the aircraft. The F-15 canopy is open, and support crew stand near the aircraft as the pilots walks around. The aircraft sits higher than the pilot, allowing a partial view of the area on the opposite side.
Read More

NASA Rehearses How to Measure X-59’s Noise Levels

  • July 26, 2025
In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will…
Canada News Beep
www.newsbeep.com