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Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

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NASA University Challenge image shows four men dressed in t-shirts and jeans, each holding a small quad-copter drone, stand in front of a “Camp Grayling” sign with trees and bushes in the background.
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NASA University Challenge Ignites Trajectory of Drone Entrepreneur

  • October 28, 2026
Five years ago, Gavin Gardner was a Michigan State University engineering student researching next-generation drone technology as part…
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Side‑by‑side images showing a wing-like test article mounted in a wind tunnel. The left image displays the pale, unlit test article attached to instrumentation inside the tunnel. The right image shows the same article under aerodynamic heating, glowing bright pinkish‑purple as test data parameters appear around it, including readings for pressure, temperature, Mach number, and angle of attack.
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NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests

  • October 2, 2026
Groundbreaking tests at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are paving the way for new wind tunnel…
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Artist rendition of two Capstone 2 in space above the Moon.
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New Small Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at the Moon

  • July 24, 2026
NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program…
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A man wearing ear protection works closely with multiple hydraulic and instrumentation units connected to a large beam mounted on a test structure. Numerous cables, hoses, and measurement devices extend from the setup.
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NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits

  • July 18, 2026
NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through…
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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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An aircraft resting on a section of runway as seen from the side. The X-59 has a long, thin nose that accounts for nearly a third of its length, along with sleek wings and an engine mounted above its body, just below its tail. The early morning sky is dark in the background with the sunrise just starting to emerge.
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NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights

  • March 17, 2026
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19 to highlight plans for…
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A shock wave interacting with a thin layer of fluid at Mach 10 in a wind tunnel, as captured by the Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren (SAFS) system invented in 2020 by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Compared to conventional Schlieren imaging it eliminates irrelevant features such astunnel boundary layers, off-plane shockwaves, and flow structures from temperature variations outside the wind tunnel.
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Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible

  • February 20, 2026
Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to…
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NASA Advances High-Altitude Traffic Management - NASA
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NASA Advances High-Altitude Traffic Management – NASA

  • February 18, 2026
High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible,…
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A white and blue NASA F-15 research jet climbs to altitude with an approximately 3-foot experimental wing design mounted beneath its fuselage. Viewed in profile against a blue sky with mountains in the distance, the test article resembles a ventral fin below the aircraft.
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NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

  • February 12, 2026
NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft.  The flight took…
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A hybrid engine, with its intake facing the camera, is mounted into a large, white scaffolding system. In the scaffolding structure to the hybrid engine’s left is a monitoring station in a modified shipping container. A series of pipes and wires to the engine’s right and above it, connecting the unit to the systems that provide it with fuel and collect data on its operations.
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NASA, GE Aerospace Hybrid Engine System Marks Successful Test 

  • January 27, 2026
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like…
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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.
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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…
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Two men stand in an office looking at four smaller computer screens and one larger computer screen. There is a tan desk in the foreground housing two computer monitors and a small grey drone. In the background stands a man in a white polo shirt facing two other computer monitors on a desk. Behind this set up is a large TV monitor with a man standing with his arm reached out in front. The man is wearing a black polo shorts and tan shorts as well as white tennis shoes. The screen shows a map and different pieces of software working in unison.
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NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities

  • August 23, 2025
A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight…
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