Sustainable Skies: NASA and Boeing Unveil the X-66A Aircraft
NASA and Boeing reveal the new livery for the X-66A, an aircraft designed for sustainable flight and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh….
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This One Weird Trick by NASA Is Saving Billions of Gallons of Fuel
Forty-four years ago this July, NASA began testing a technology that would become one of the agency’s most visible and beneficial contributions to commercial aviation…
Mission Accomplished: NASA’s X-57, the Pioneering Electric Aircraft That Never Took Off
NASA’s X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft project, designed as a test platform for electric propulsion technologies, will wrap up operations by September 2023. Despite no maiden…
NASA’s Newest X-Plane: Next Generation Experimental Aircraft X-66A “Will Help Shape the Future of Aviation”
The U.S. Air Force has designated the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, a collaboration between NASA and Boeing, as the X-66A. The project aims to develop…
Quiet and Efficient – New Propeller Advance Paves Way for Electric Planes
The electrification of aviation is viewed as a crucial component in the creation of a fossil fuel-free future. However, electric aviation is faced with a…
Jet Engine Installed on NASA’s X-59 QueSST Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft now has the jet engine that will power it in flight. Earlier this month, at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility…
Introducing NASA Quesst: X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft Mission
New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission Introducing Quesst. Evoking the experimental nature of flight testing and the spirit of aeronautical exploration, Quesst is what NASA…
Record Number of Grounded Flights: New Maps Show Airplane Contrails Over the U.S. Dropped Steeply in 2020
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact. As COVID-19’s initial wave crested around the world, travel restrictions…
Major Milestone As NASA’s X-59 QueSST Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft Comes Together
A heavy chorus of bolting and machinery filled the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, assembly building as engineers, system technicians, and aircraft fabricators worked…
Engineers Use Supercomputers to Tackle the Challenges of Hypersonic Flight
With a $20 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, Stanford researchers plan to use some of the world’s fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of…
NASA to Test Jet Engine With a Helping of Cereal and Crayons
While foreign objects continue to present dangers for commercial and military airliner passengers, NASA’s Aviation Safety Program is working on new technology that will use…
