NASA has launched 14 Flight Opportunities research payloads aboard Blue Origin‘s New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket to help researchers test new technologies and materials for space applications. Among the payloads launched on
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NASA is set to finish the aircraft operations portion of the development of the X-57 Maxwell experimental all-electric plane by September. The agency said Friday that it has collated lessons learned from
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NASA has expanded its research center leadership team with the appointment of Bradley Flick as director of the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California and Dave Mitchell as acting director of
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NASA has announced its efforts to combat COVID-19, utilizing efforts across the nation to augment the national response, the administration reported on Friday.
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NASA has unveiled concept art graphics of the space agency's all-electric, piloted X-plane designed to demonstrate quieter, environment-friendly flights. The space agency said Thursday its X-57 Maxwell aircraft features an all-electric configuration with a high-aspect ratio wing for reduced flight
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Vertex Aerospace has received a five-year, $150 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, mixed contract for aircraft operations support at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) in Edwards, California, the company announced on Monday.
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NASA has awarded 20 industry and academic organizations funds worth approximately $10M combined to develop their proposed space technology platforms for commercial test flights under the agency’s Flight Opportunities program. The space agency
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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center has initiated a new series of in-flight tests that aims to identify the physiological effects of high-performance aircraft flights on the human body.The NASA Engineering and Safety
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NASA has led a two-day test at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in California on a new material that works to fold aircraft wings while in flight. The space agency said Friday the
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A NASA-led study has found that the use of biofuels to power jet engines can reduce particle emission levels by 50 percent to 70 percent. The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions Study includes findings
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