Browse Archive
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My Summer at NASA
NASA aeronautics scholarship recipients spent the summer working at NASA and tell us what it was like.
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NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield
A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
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EAA AirVenture: An Aviator's Dream World
Aviation enthusiasts seek out certain destinations. For a week every summer a small airfield in central Wisconsin is an aviator's dream world.
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Shhhh! Keep It Down, Please
New technologies and aircraft designs could help lower the volume around busy airports.
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Look, Up in the Sky
Air shows are great places to see aircraft, but they're also an opportunity to learn about NASA's work to improve aviation efficiency and safety.
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NASA Engineer Helps Comedian Tackle Fear of Flying
What would possess anyone to live on an airplane for a month? NASA engineer Anna McGowan visits comedian Mark Malkoff between flights.
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Supersonic Diving: Quieting the Boom
Sonic booms are a part of life at Edwards Air Force Base and in surrounding communities, so booms generated on June 11 by two NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18s went relatively unnoticed.
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Aviation Safety Takes Center Stage
At a black-tie event near Washington, NASA researchers were recognized for their contributions to reducing the risk of fatal commercial aircraft accidents.
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With Every Beat, NASA Involved in How the Heart Behaves
Heart failure -- like structural failure in an aircraft -- is serious business.
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Glenn Engineer Puts a NASA Spin on Baseball
Tom Benson teaches students the physics of flight by comparing airplanes and rockets to baseball.