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NASA Aircraft

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A large, white aircraft sits on a concrete surface after being painted with new NASA logos in red, white and blue.
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NASA’s 737 Reveals New Paint

  • August 13, 2026
NASA’s 737 aircraft was painted this week in Oklahoma as it progresses with modifications for use as a…
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Two men wearing tan flight suits face each other and walk on a concrete surface. The men both carry pilot helmet bags with flight gear inside. Both men are wearing green flight gear.
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A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong

  • June 30, 2026
Flight testing is a team sport. For nearly 80 years, teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in…
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NASA’s X 59 eXternal Vision System digital display shows green flight data overlaid on the forward scenery as the aircraft flies supersonic. Numerical indicators, horizon references, and a Mach number readout are visible on the screen.
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NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time

  • June 5, 2026
NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet…
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The back of a white jet aircraft’s wing and tails are seen in this image. One wheel and an attached test object, shaped like a wing, hangs from the bottom of the jet. A man in a black jacket, with yellow reflective coating, stands underneath and raises one hand to the aircraft. The man is wearing ear protection. Desert sand and mountains are seen in the background.
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Keeping NASA Flying: Ground Crews Ensure Aircraft Readiness

  • May 23, 2026
From high‑speed research flights to high‑altitude science campaigns, NASA depends on aircraft that perform at their best and…
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NASA’s X-59 flies above the Mojave Desert with a NASA F/A-18 chase aircraft nearby.
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Meet the Fleet: NASA Armstrong Continues Legacy of Flight Research

  • May 8, 2026
NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to…
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NASA gets its largest 777 research aircraft for Earth science missions

  • April 24, 2026
Most Boeing 777s spend their lives shuttling passengers between global hubs. But one specific triple-seven just touched down…
SSpace
An aircraft resting on a section of runway as seen from the front, with its nose facing the camera. The early morning sky is orange in the background.
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NASA’s X-59 Prepares for Second Flight

  • March 18, 2026
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight…
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NASA’s freshly painted Pilatus PC-12 flies over NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The parking lots and center buildings dot the landscape below. The compass rose in the upper part of the photo shaped like the sun hovers over the aircraft, emphasizing the gleaming white plane with a blue stripe and blue N606NA number across the fuselage and NASA red worm logo on the tail. A sensor, with a black-tip juts out from below the wing.
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NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission

  • February 28, 2026
Nestled in the Mojave Desert, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pushes the boundaries of flight…
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Two computer monitors are shown from the perspective of looking over a researcher's shoulder. The screens show colorful graphs representing smoke and aerosol measurements from previous missions with the HALO lidar instrument.
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NASA Science Flights Venture to Improve Severe Winter Weather Warnings

  • January 29, 2026
A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The…
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NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Future Space Travelers
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NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Future Space Travelers

  • September 25, 2025
Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to…
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