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Flight Dynamics Research Facility Construction Images

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 […]

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NASA Glenn Earns R&D 100 Award 

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 […]

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Joe Piotrowski, Jr.: One Engineer’s (Flight) Path to Airborne Science

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 […]

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NASA’s Modern History Makers: Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick

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 […]

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Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing

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 […]

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NASA Concludes Wind Study

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 […]

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NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event

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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New Aerospace Communications Facility Enables Ambitious NASA Missions

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 […]

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NASA Has Helped Hush Aircraft Engine Noise for Decades

4 min read NASA Has Helped Hush Aircraft Engine Noise for Decades Modern jet engines are loud, but they used to be much louder. NASA’s Glenn Research Center has been at the forefront of the nation’s efforts to reduce aircraft engine noise for over 70 years. During this time, the center has built an array […]

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