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A white aircraft body with small black dots on it sits on the ground after a drop test. The aircraft is damaged on the bottom and there is a hole in the side window. There are several test dummies inside of the aircraft. A steel bar is shown that runs along the top of the aircraft. Behind the aircraft is a large white board to measure the height, which includes many black squares with small numbers inside some of the bottom squares.

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NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Design and Certification

July 28, 2025

As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight…

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.

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

July 25, 2025

In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will…