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Aeronautics Research

With more than a century of aviation research heritage, NASA’s aeronautical innovators have developed technology through the years that makes air travel safer, faster, and more sustainable. Their contributions are so widespread that every U.S. airplane and air traffic control tower has something from NASA built right in.

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NASA Aeronautics Technical Excellence

Presented here are a collection of hand-picked stories that showcase the aviation technology NASA is working on — or has worked on and turned over to others for use in the National Airspace System. This page will be updated with new content at the beginning of each month.

NASA, GE Aerospace Advancing Hybrid-Electric Airliners with HyTEC
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Hybrid-electric cars have been a staple of the road for many years now. Soon that same idea of a part-electric-,…

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NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data
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On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the…

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NASA Cloud-Based Platform Could Help Streamline, Improve Air Traffic
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Just like your smartphone navigation app can instantly analyze information from many sources to suggest the best route to follow,…

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NASA Prepares for Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies
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A new custom virtual reality flight simulator built by NASA researchers will allow them to explore how passengers experience air…

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NASA, MagniX Altitude Tests Lay Groundwork for Hybrid Electric Planes
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At a simulated 27,500 feet inside an altitude chamber at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) facility, engineers at magniX recently…

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Globetrotting NASA Research Model Increases Accuracy
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NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models…

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Aviary: A New NASA Software Platform for Aircraft Modelling
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NASA has created a new digital modelling tool for aeronautical engineers to innovate new aircraft designs, building on decades of…

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NASA Licenses 3D-Printable Superalloy to Benefit US Economy
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NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on…

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NASA Uses Small Engine to Enhance Sustainable Jet Research
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Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully…

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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now
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The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and…

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NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
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A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to…

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NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi Industry
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Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool…

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Other Aeronautics topics

Artist illustration of the X-59 in flight over a surbuban neighborhood.

Research about flying faster than the speed of sound.

Aerospace Cognitive Engineering Lab Rapid Automation Test Environment; (ACEL-RATE) in N262 showing out-the-window views of San Francisco for UAM UTM Ride Quality Simulation project.

Stories about pioneering the frontiers of 21st century flight.

The Moog SureFly aircraft hovers above Cincinnati Municipal Airport during an acoustic hover test.

All about new ways to get from here to there in the air.

In this image, captured using data from a wind-tunnel test, the red and orange areas represent higher drag, and the green and bl

Learn about research to make aviation more sustainable.

Airplane outside it's gate at the airport.

Read about how NASA is opening up the sky for all.

F-15s on Armstrong Ramp

Information about NASA's fleet of aircraft.

Sunset view of the DC-8 parked on the tarmac is getting inspected.

News about using NASA aircraft to better understand our world.