• Particle image velocimetry during operation of the UH-60A rotor.

    NASA Tweaks Tech Toolbox to Capture Rotor Results

    06.07.10 - "Smooth" and "quiet" are two words not usually associated with a helicopter ride, but NASA is working to change that.

  • The SJX61-2 engine that powered the X-51A test vehicle during ground tests simulating Mach 5 flight conditions at NASA's Langley Research Center in 2008

    X-51A Makes Longest Scramjet Flight

    05.28.10 - An engine first validated in a NASA wind tunnel successfully made the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight to date off the southern California coast on May 26.

  • This image illustrates the kind of process that researchers used to come up with their select design concepts.

    Beauty of Future Airplanes is More than Skin Deep

    05.17.10 - A NASA research effort to visualize future passenger airplanes produces ideas dominated by familiar shapes but inspired by surprises underneath.

  • counter rotating test rig

    Building a Better Plane

    05.03.10 - NASA is working with the General Electric Co. to test new open rotor technology in a wind tunnel with a test rig designed and made at NASA's Glenn Research Center.

  • Image of Ashok Srivastava

    Ames Researcher Analyzes Data to Make Flying Safer

    04.28.10 - It’s comforting to know that when you board a commercial airline Ames Researcher Ashok Srivastava is working to ensure that you enjoy a safe flight.

  • X-48B in flight during phase 1 of test flights at NASA Dryden

    X-48B: Eighty Flights, Priceless Facts

    04.05.10 - A team led by NASA and The Boeing Company has completed the first phase of flight tests on the subscale X-48B blended wing body aircraft.

  • SOFIA exhibit at Hiller Aviation Museum

    SOFIA Exhibit Lands at Hiller Aviation Museum

    04.01.10 - Aeronautic enthusiasts young and old visited the new SOFIA exhibit at Hiller Aviation Museum on March 30, 2010.

  • An image of the micro-electric sensor.

    The Sheer Delight of Tackling Shear Stress

    03.25.10 - A tiny new micro-electric sensor that measures a type of stress holds huge promise for more fuel-efficient vehicles and maybe even more healthy hearts.

  • Two seventh grade students from Chaboya Middle School, San Jose, Calif., enjoyed a visit to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory to learn about reducing drag with cars.

    Students Prove Visit to Ames Was Not a “Drag”

    03.24.10 - Thirteen year old Ajay Ramesh and twelve year old Prithvi Aiyaswamy, two seventh grade boys from Chaboya Middle School, San Jose, Calif., were so excited about their visit to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., that they could barely sleep the night before their visit.

  • Major General Robert M. White (USAF – Ret)

    X-15 Pilot Robert White Dies

    03.18.10 - On July 17, 1962, Major White flew the X-15 to an altitude of 314,750 feet, or 59 miles, becoming the first "winged astronaut."