• The nose of an inflatable half-scale model of a NASA F/A-18 in front of the NASA Aeronautics exhibit points skyward as a host of hot-air balloons ascend at the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque.

    Rising Expectations for NASA Aeronautics

    10.05.10 - Visitors to the 2010 International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., watch hot-air balloons soar skyward while learning about NASA's work to improve aviation.

  • Students at Raceland-Worthington High School stayed after school to participate in the online chat with NASA pilot Herman Posada. Image credit: Raceland-Worthington High School

    Kentucky Students Join Chat with NASA Pilot

    09.27.10 - Students from a rural Kentucky school are happy to "stay after" so they can participate in an online chat with NASA pilot Herman Posada.

  • A trio of F-15D Eagles bank right as they pass in review over Edwards Air Force Base upon their arrival at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Sept. 21.

    NASA Dryden Receives 'New' F-15Ds

    09.21.10 - Three McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle aircraft have been transferred from the U.S. Air Force to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center for use in flight research and mission support roles.

  • The X-48B blended wing body research aircraft performing flight test at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.

    X-48B Resumes Flight Tests at NASA Dryden

    09.21.10 - The Boeing / NASA X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft resumed flight tests with a checkout flight Sept. 21 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.

  • NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden at the Green Aviation Summit.

    NASA Administrator Addresses Green Aviation Summit

    09.10.10 - NASA Adminstrator Charles F. Bolden speaks during the opening day of the Green Aviation Summit, hosted by the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

  • This image shows the development of chevron nozzles--an adaptation to jet engine nozzles to reduce noise--through the Technology Readiness Levels from the 1980s through today. Images are of early tests and simulations in the 1980s through early nozzle edge designs and subscale model acoustic tests and full scale flight tests through the 1990s and into final designs and FAA certification by the mid-2000s.

    Technology Readiness Levels Demystified

    08.20.10 - Technology readiness levels, or TRLs, give innovators a roadmap to follow as they try to take a technology from an idea to a proven benefit that's ready to go to work in the real world.

  • Screen capture of the Dashlink website.

    Dashlink is Online Home for Collaborative Research

    08.09.10 - An online community allows NASA and non-NASA researchers with a special interest in a particular aircraft safety challenge to share their latest ideas real-time.

  • While students Brandon Le and Jessica Bacchus hold the aircraft in place, NASA Dryden operations engineer Leslie Monforton of Tybrin Corp. prepares to start its engine.

    NASA’s INSPIRE Interns Learn Flight Testing First-hand

    08.04.10 - Eight high school students who participated in the INSPIRE internship program at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center this summer learned first-hand about the start-to-finish process of flight testing experimental aircraft.

  • NASA 515 in Orlando in Sept. 1992

    Wind Shear Accident Was Catalyst for Technology

    07.28.10 - When Delta Flight 191 crashed in Dallas, Tex., in early Aug. 1985 killing 135 people, it sparked a government-industry-academia partnership that resulted in many technologies that have virtually eliminated wind shear accidents today.

  • Tom Shortridge, left, and Scott Bednar, co-producers of 'NASA Lauchpad,' pose with emmy

    NASA TV Program Wins Emmy

    06.09.10 - 'NASA Launchpad' won a regional Emmy award in the informational/instructional category for its 'Bernoulli's Principle' episode.