Beyond the Textbook: DC-8 Aircraft...
In May 2024, Idaho State University's class of 2025 received a new learning tool from NASA. The DC-8 aircraft served the world's scientific community for decades as a platform under NASA's Airborne ...
NASA Celebrates Amess Legacy of...
NASA works every day to improve air travel ? and has been doing so since its creation decades ago. On National Aviation Day, NASA and all fans of aviation get the chance to celebrate the innovative ...
At Work and Beyond, NASA Employees...
The first "A" in NASA stands for aeronautics. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is just one of several NASA centers conducting revolutionary research to make flight cleaner, safer, and quieter.But ...
Ideas for Celebrating National...
It was in 1939 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating Aug. 19 ? Orville Wright's birthday ? as a day in which citizens are encouraged to ...
Orville Wright and National Aviation Day
Orville Wright wasn't sure exactly how long his first flight lasted.He and his brother, Wilbur, think it was about 12 seconds, but according to what Orville wrote in his diary of that December day in ...
NASA Seeks Input on Safety for Future...
NASA recently gathered representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), police and fire departments, and commercial industry to figure out how to take an important step for public ...
NASAs X-59 Progresses Through Tests...
The team preparing NASA's X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to make its first flight. This includes a trio of important structural tests and critical ...
NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of...
Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA'S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and ...
Collegiate Teams to Focus on Aviation...
In the 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, the theme is AgAir: Aviation Solutions for Agriculture. NASA asks collegiate teams to investigate either new or improved aviation capabilities that ...
NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for...
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, for the launch of the agency's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.This adjustment allows more time for mission managers ...
