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  • The X-48C, transformed from the X-48B, recently took its first flight over the Mojave Desert in California.

    X-48C: An X-Plane Transformer

    08.15.12 - A transformed remotely piloted aircraft could lead the way to a future of flight that is much quieter.

  • MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument, or MEDLI

    Success for MSL Entry, Descent, & Landing Instrument

    08.07.12 - When the Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, researchers for the MSL Entry, Descent, & Landing Instrument (MEDLI) were already cheering.

  • This artist's concept depicts the interaction of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft with the upper atmosphere of Mars during entry, descent and landing. A suite of sensors inside the heat shield will collect valuable data about high-speed, high-temperature (hypersonic) flight during Curiosity

    Hitchhiking Sensors Capture Curiosity's Entry

    08.02.12 - NASA scientists specializing in hypersonic flight can't wait to get their hands on data that'll be captured during Curiosity's Mars landing.

  • The landing gear of NASA Dryden’s Gulfstream G-III aerodynamics research test bed aircraft, tail number 804, retracts after liftoff from Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft flew a functional check flight on June 26, the first time it's flown in about two years.

    G-III Aerodynamics Research Test Bed Goes Aloft

    07.05.12 - Modified G-III business jet makes functional check flight after preliminary design reviews for two aeronautical research projects completed.

  • Cal Poly research students control the smoke visualization wand in the blowing winds and darkness of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex wind tunnel.

    AMELIA's Innovations Inspire Unusual Dedication

    06.07.12 - AMELIA proves to be one future aircraft design that that inspires awesome innovation and acts of dedication.

  • NASA's Ikhana, a modified General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Predator B, conducts engine run-up before a pre-dawn takeoff on a test flight of the new ADS-B aircraft tracking technology for an unmanned aircraft system.

    NASA Completes ADS-B Flight Evaluations for UAS

    06.05.12 - NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed flight evaluations of the ADS-B aircraft tracking system adapted for unmanned aircraft systems.

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    New NASA Book Tells Why Aerospace Accidents Happen

    06.05.12 - Well-known accidents in aviation and space history are detailed in this book about the non-technical, human-related events that led to each incident.

  • NASA Dryden’s SBLT principal investigator Dan Banks oversaw initial flight tests of Aerion Corporation’s flat-plate Supersonic Boundary Layer Transition test article in 2010.

    Second Set of SBLT Tests Planned on NASA's F-15B

    05.15.12 - Aerion Corporation plans flight tests of a representative airfoil for its proposed supersonic bizjet this summer on NASA Dryden's F-15B Test Bed.

  • An artist concept of a possible future subsonic aircraft

    8 Questions about NextGen, Part 2

    05.11.12 - Don't get too used to the airplanes you see today because things are changing.

  • HIFiRE launches an experimental hypersonic scramjet from the Pacific Missile Range Facility

    HIFiRE Scramjet Research Flight Will Advance Hypersonic Technology

    05.10.12 - The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) team celebrates the successful launch of an experimental hypersonic scramjet.

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