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Precision Pointing Goes the Distance on NASA Experiment
One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40Loura Hall (NASA)
NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft
Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft –Lillian Gipson (NASA)
NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight - NASA
The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s ArmstrongNASA
X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on Its Way to Takeoff
NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft.Lillian Gipson (NASA)
X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on Its Way to Takeoff
NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft.Lillian Gipson (NASA)
60 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Takes Flight - NASA
NASA pilot Joe Walker sits in the pilot’s platform of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) number 1 on Oct. 30, 1964. The LLRV and its successorNASA
NASA Brings Drone and Space Rover to Air Show - NASA
In September, the three NASA centers in California came together to share aerospace innovations with thousands of guests at the Miramar Air Show in San Diego,Dede Dinius (NASA)
La NASA lleva un dron y un rover espacial a un espectáculo aéreo - NASA
En septiembre, los tres centros de la NASA en California se reunieron para compartir innovaciones aeroespaciales con miles de asistentes en el EspectáculoDede Dinius (NASA)
Ken Iliff: Engineering 40 Years of Success - NASA
Editor’s note: This article was published May 23, 2003, in NASA Armstrong’s X-Press newsletter. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,Dede Dinius (NASA)
High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data - NASA
Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency's highest-flying airborne science platform. With its uniqueDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Releases Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2023 - NASA
Read the full Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2023.NASA
NASA Pilots Add Perspective to Research - NASA
NASA pilots detailed how they help researchers find the right fit for experiments that might not advance without proving that they work in flight as they doDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Pilots Add Perspective to Research - NASA
NASA pilots detailed how they help researchers find the right fit for experiments that might not advance without proving that they work in flight as they doDede Dinius (NASA)
Sacrificio y Éxito: Ingeniero de la NASA honra sus orígenes familiares - NASA
Read this story in English here.Dede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Spotlight: Felipe Valdez, an Inspiring Engineer - NASA
Felipe Valdez took advantage of every possible opportunity at NASA, working his way from undergraduate intern to his current job as a flight controls engineer.Jim Banke (NASA)
Una gerente de proyectos de la NASA rinde homenaje a la influencia de su madre - NASA
Read this story in English here.Dede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Project Manager Honors Mother’s Impact - NASA
As a project manager for Space Projects and Partnerships at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, Ortiz manages various space andDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA G-IV Plane Will Carry Next-Generation Science Instrument - NASA
In June 2024, a new tail number swept the sky above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Pilots conducted flights of a GulfstreamDede Dinius (NASA)
First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket
For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators - NASA
For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards. NASA aeronautics researchers recently developed aDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators - NASA
For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards. NASA aeronautics researchers recently developed aDede Dinius (NASA)
Beyond the Textbook: DC-8 Aircraft Inspires Students in Retirement - NASA
In May 2024, Idaho State University’s class of 2025 received a new learning tool from NASA. The DC-8 aircraft served the world’s scientific community forDede Dinius (NASA)
Beyond the Textbook: DC-8 Aircraft Inspires Students in Retirement - NASA
In May 2024, Idaho State University’s class of 2025 received a new learning tool from NASA. The DC-8 aircraft served the world’s scientific community forDede Dinius (NASA)
Southern California Student Wins NASA Scholarship - NASA
Sabrina Redifer, a 2024 graduate of Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, California, won a NASA College Scholarship Award.NASA
NASA’s X-59 Progresses Through Tests on the Path to Flight
The team preparing NASA’s X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to make its first flight. This includes a trio of important structural tests and critical inspections on the path to flight.Jim Banke (NASA)
NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth - NASA
Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months inDede Dinius (NASA)
Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator - NASA
NASA’s X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term “sustainable” to heart by reusing an old MD-90NASA
NASA Prepares for Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies - NASA
A new custom virtual reality flight simulator built by NASA researchers will allow them to explore how passengers experience air taxi rides and collect dataDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Could Make EPIC Mars Landings - NASA
Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. It’s an even bigger challenge when you don’t have enough information about how the parachutes areDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Supports California Students Aiming to Advance Technology - NASA
Students from a minority-serving university in California are helping solve challenges of autonomous systems for future drone operations on Earth and otherDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Supports California Students Aiming to Advance Technology - NASA
Students from a minority-serving university in California are helping solve challenges of autonomous systems for future drone operations on Earth and otherDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Program Sends University Payloads to Space - NASA
NASA’s Flight Opportunities program sent two university payloads on suborbital flight tests onboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity on June 8 when it launchedNASA
X-59 Passes Milestone
NASA’s X-59 Passes A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA recently completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety for the public and staff during ground and flight testing.Lillian Gipson (NASA)
NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight - NASA
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that willDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory - NASA
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flightDede Dinius (NASA)
Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory - NASA
Since 2020, she has served as the deputy project manager on the DC-8 Airborne Science laboratory, leading and managing project planning, integration, andDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture - NASA
NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requiresDede Dinius (NASA)
NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image - NASA
Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is exhilarating, especially for photographers capturing NASA’s story.Dede Dinius (NASA)
NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire - NASA
After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong FlightNASA