Archive | Aeronautics

In June 2023, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) awarded the 2023 AIAA Wright Brothers Lectureship in Aeronautics to Larry Young, a researcher in the Aeromechanics Office at NASA Ames Research Center.  As part of this award, Mr. Young delivered a lecture titled “NASA Aeronautics Contributions to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter” at the […]

2 min read NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa, project manager at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. NASA Dr. Azlin Biaggi-Labiosa, born and raised in Puerto Rico, made a courageous decision to pivot her academic studies – launching her towards an accomplished career in defense, space, and aeronautics research for […]

2 min read NASA Research Challenge Selects Two New Student-Led Teams Getty Images NASA has selected two new university student teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges meant to transform the skies above our communities. The awards were made through NASA’s University Student Research Challenge (USRC) , which provides students with opportunities to contribute to NASA’s […]

3 min read Government and Industry Collaboration Leads to First Air Taxi Delivery  Joby Aviation’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is pictured at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California. Joby announced the delivery of this aircraft to their customer, the U.S. Air Force AFWERX Agility Prime program, on Sept. 25. NASA has […]

1 min read Flight Dynamics Research Facility Construction Images Construction of NASA’s first major wind tunnel in more than 40 years is well underway. Construction of NASA’s first major wind tunnel in more than 40 years is well underway. The new wind tunnel, called the Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF), will provide researchers with a […]

2 min read NASA Glenn Earns R&D 100 Award  R&D Magazine and a panel of experts have chosen NASA’s Glenn Research Center’s GRX-810: A 3D Printable Alloy Designed for Extreme Environments as one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of the past year to receive the prestigious 2023 R&D 100 Award.    NASA Alloy […]

2 min read Joe Piotrowski, Jr.: One Engineer’s (Flight) Path to Airborne Science As an engineer and mission manager, Joe Piotrowski, Jr. gets to fly onboard Airborne Science aircraft for science missions at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Joe Piotrowski, Jr. Based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Joe […]

Meet one of NASA’s Modern History Makers, Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick, chief engineer for aeronautics at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. She’s supporting NASA’s work to make flight faster, cleaner, safer, and quieter. NASA/Bridget Caswell Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick has worked in the same building at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland for 35 years, and the chief engineer for […]

3 min read Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing This movie shows NASA’s X-43A demonstrating supersonic-combustion ramjet (scramjet) propulsion during two of its record-setting flights in 2004. Both flights, the first on Mar. 27 and the second on Nov. 16, 2004, demonstrated sustained thrust from the X-43A’s air-breathing scramjet engine, the first […]

2 min read NASA Concludes Wind Study The Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone 2 (DROID 2) aircraft flies by the former space shuttle hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, as part of the Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, Simulation, and Technology campaign. The focus was to study […]

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will showcase the agency’s efforts to revolutionize air travel at a free event on Wednesday, Sept. 13. NASA Aviation Day will be open to the public and take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the I-X Center. This event will showcase a variety of aviation projects underway […]

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4 min read New Aerospace Communications Facility Enables Ambitious NASA Missions A view of NASA Glenn’s new Aerospace Communications Facility in the evening. Credits: NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna For the first time in 30 years, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland opened the doors to a brand-new mission-focused facility that will support the agency’s Artemis and Advanced […]