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NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft

November 12, 2024

Lillian Gipson

Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft – what kinds of designs or technology make that possible? NASA is working to answer those questions by commissioning five new design studies looking to push the boundaries of possibility…
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NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

November 12, 2024

Dede Dinius

The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities. The pod is called the NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE). NASA Armstrong can…
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The Cast and Crew of “Ain’t Too Proud” Visit NASA Langley

November 7, 2024

Angelique Herring

Get Ready! Members of the cast and crew of the Broadway national touring production of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” visited NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Nov. 6, where they learned more about the center’s work in air, space, and science. The show was in the…
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X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on Its Way to Takeoff

November 6, 2024

Lillian Gipson

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft. These engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by its own engine.…
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NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024

October 30, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for space travel, enable communications with spacecraft at record-breaking distances, and determine the habitability of a moon of Jupiter, were named Wednesday among TIME’s Inventions of 2024. “The NASA workforce — wizards, as I call them…
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A Serendipitous NASA Family Reunion

October 13, 2024

Jim Banke

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn’t imagine that one day she would work at NASA. Today, she serves as technical project coordinator at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its Aeronautics Research Directorate. Cruz-Diaz’s position requires her to travel in support of public engagement events and recently she supported NASA’s presence at…
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A Serendipitous NASA Family Reunion

October 13, 2024

Jim Banke

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn’t imagine that one day she would work at NASA. Today, she serves as technical project coordinator at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its Aeronautics Research Directorate. Cruz-Diaz’s position requires her to travel in support of public engagement events and recently she supported NASA’s presence at…
Read more: A Serendipitous NASA Family Reunion
aeronautics, Hispanic Heritage Month, Langley Research Center, Tech Industry, Tech News

Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad

October 13, 2024

Jim Banke

Al crecer en Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Díaz no imaginó que algún día trabajaría en la NASA. En la actualidad, se desempeña como coordinadora de proyectos técnicos en el Centro de Investigación Langley de la NASA en Virginia, apoyando a su Dirección de Investigación Aeronáutica. El puesto de Cruz-Díaz le requiere viajar para apoyar eventos de…
Read more: Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad
aeronautics, Hispanic Heritage Month, Langley Research Center, Tech Industry, Tech News

Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad

October 13, 2024

Jim Banke

Al crecer en Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Díaz no imaginó que algún día trabajaría en la NASA. En la actualidad, se desempeña como coordinadora de proyectos técnicos en el Centro de Investigación Langley de la NASA en Virginia, apoyando a su Dirección de Investigación Aeronáutica. El puesto de Cruz-Díaz le requiere viajar para apoyar eventos de…
Read more: Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad
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Sail Along with NASA’s Solar Sail Tech Demo in Real-Time Simulation

October 10, 2024

NASA

NASA invites the public to virtually sail along with the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System‘s space journey using NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool, a digital model of the solar system. This simulation shows the real-time positions of the planets, moons, and spacecraft – including NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. Solar sails use the pressure…
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Category: Langley Research Center

NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft

NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

The Cast and Crew of “Ain’t Too Proud” Visit NASA Langley

X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on Its Way to Takeoff

NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024

A Serendipitous NASA Family Reunion

A Serendipitous NASA Family Reunion

Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad

Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad

Sail Along with NASA’s Solar Sail Tech Demo in Real-Time Simulation

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