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	+ Home Related Links + History + Centers + Aeronautics in the News + Advisors & Reviewers + Vision for Space Exploration + NASA Aeronautics Research    Onboard		Sector 33 Puts You in the Control Tower Players flock to a new NASA app that requires the brain to be in full throttle to make sure passenger airplanes land safely at a California airport. + Read More     Preps Continue for Launching Engine Icing Research NASA scientists are getting closer to launching a research campaign to solve the mystery of ice crystal engine icing. + Read More     NASA/FAA Partnership "Greens" Arriving Aircraft NASA aeronautics officially transferred to the FAA a new air traffic management tool that makes aircraft descents more environmentally friendly. + Read More     New Ideas Sharpen Focus for Greener Aircraft New aircraft design ideas confirm NASA's green goals are challenging, but ultimately do-able. + Read More     8 Questions about NextGen, Part 1 NextGen is a technology modernization effort that will make air travel safer, more flexible and more efficient. NASA is one of several U.S. government agencies that play a crucial role in helping to plan, develop and implement NextGen. + Read More     New Inlet Design Could Improve Engine Efficiency Channeled center body inlet could improve airflow and fuel efficiency of jet engines at a wide variety of speeds. + Read More     Quiet Sonic Boom Research Ends in a Whisper NASA researchers recently gathered data from a select group of volunteers on their perception of sonic booms created by aircraft in supersonic flight. + Read More     MSL Entry, Descent and Landing Instrumentation (MEDLI) Sensors in MSL's heat shield feed NASA researchers' curiosity about high-speed flight in out-of-this-world atmospheres. + Read More     Balloon Fiesta Exhibit Highlights NASA Aeronautics NASA reaches out to members of the original "flight club" with exhibits, displays and educational programs at the International Balloon Fiesta. + Read More     Airplane Plus Heat Plus Ice Equals Mystery The mystery of high ice water content engine icing is propelling NASA into a multi-national effort to find the cause. + Read More     Imagination Fascination, Alive and Well NASA has proof that kids still get excited by the basics of science. Let their energy inspire you. + Read More     The Big Picture Wins Big A powerful NASA simulation software wins Government Invention of the Year, along with the hearts and minds of air traffic managers and researchers. + Read More     A First Look at Flight in 2025 NASA has just tasked three companies to look into the future and design a more "green" aircraft for 2025. + Read More     NASA Helps Create a More Silent Night A NASA aeronautics researcher revisits the road to creating a simple-looking device that creates a quieter flight. + Read More     Kentucky Students Join Chat with NASA Pilot Students from a rural Kentucky school are happy to "stay after" so they can participate in an online chat with NASA pilot Herman Posada. + Read More     Technology Readiness Levels Demystified Technology readiness levels, or TRLs, give innovators a roadmap to follow as they try to take a technology from an idea to a proven benefit that's ready to go to work in the real world. + Read More     Dashlink is Online Home for Collaborative Research An online community allows NASA and non-NASA researchers with a special interest in a particular aircraft safety challenge to share their latest ideas real-time. + Read More     Wind Shear Accident Was Catalyst for Technology In the wake of a series of fatal airliner crashes due to microburst wind shear between 1975 and 1985, NASA and the FAA researched the phenomenon and evaluated a series of instruments that could help pilots and ground control handle - or avoid - the problem. + Read More     Beauty of Future Aircraft is More than Skin Deep A NASA research effort to visualize future passenger airplanes produces ideas dominated by familiar shapes but inspired by surprises underneath. + Read More     The Sheer Delight of Tackling Shear Stress A tiny new micro-electric sensor that measures a type of stress holds huge promise for more fuel-efficient vehicles and maybe even more healthy hearts. + Read More     From NACA to NASA: 95 Years of Innovation of Flight Ninety-five years ago on March 3, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics - NASA's ancestor - revved the nation's engine on aviation innovation. + Read More     Now Online: Aeronautics Goes E-Book Books that tell the stories of historic aeronautics moments are being made available for your Kindle and other digital devices. + Read More     Chopper Drop Tests New Technology NASA researchers dropped a small helicopter from 35 feet to see if a deployable energy absorber could lessen the destructive force of a crash. + Read More     Aviation Pioneer Richard Whitcomb Dies Richard T. Whitcomb has been called the most significant aerodynamic contributor of the second half of the 20th century. + Read More     From Nothing, Something: One Layer at a Time A manufacturing process using electron beams works sort of like a Star Trek replicator and could mean big cost and environmental benefits for aviation. + Read More     The X-15, the Pilot and the Space Shuttle Fifty years later, X-15 test pilot and former space shuttle commander Joe Engle recalls the highs and lows of a unique, high-speed research aircraft. + Read More     My Summer at NASA Three NASA aeronautics scholarship recipients spent the summer working at NASA and tell us what it was like. + Read More     Shhhh! Keep It Down, Please New technologies and aircraft designs could help lower the volume around busy airports. + Read More     Look, Up in the Sky Air shows are great places to see aircraft, but they're also an opportunity to learn about NASA's work to improve aviation efficiency and safety. + Read More     Aviation Safety Takes Center Stage At a black-tie event near Washington, NASA researchers were recognized for their contributions to reducing the risk of fatal commercial aircraft accidents. + Read More     NASA Aviation Safety Manager Helps Put Students on New Trajectory Amy Pritchett, director of NASA's Aviation Safety Program, now has a scholarship named after her by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. + Read More     NASA Model Flies at Air and Space A futuristic aircraft model that flew in a NASA wind tunnel is the centerpiece of a newly renovated gallery in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. + Read More     Future Helicopters Get SMART Helicopters today are considered a loud, bumpy and inefficient mode for day-to-day domestic travel, but NASA research could change that view. + Read More     The Quest: A Silent, Carbonless Airplane It's a simple goal, really. A silent airplane that sends no carbon into the atmosphere. Getting there is the quest on which NASA embarked years ago and figures to continue working on into mid-century. + Read More     Alternative Jet Fuels Put to the Test NASA and 11 other research groups are testing two non-petroleum-based jet fuels in the pursuit of alternative fuels that can power commercial jets and address rising oil costs. + Read More     Aviation Experts Hear from Eyewitness to Disaster Dennis Fitch will never forget the safety lessons he learned one tragic day in July 1989. The former United Airlines captain and flight instructor helped pilot a DC-10 to a crash landing in Sioux City, Iowa, after the airplane's tail engine exploded in flight. + Read More     Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and frustration, and for airline pilots, the consequences can be disastrous. + Read More     NASA and Gulfstream Flying in High Def NASA is partnering with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. on a project that could aid visibility for pilots of future supersonic business jets. + Read More     Marking 61 Years of Supersonic Curiosity Sixty-one years after a sonic boom first rolled across the roof of the high desert in southern California, there are still things yet to be discovered about supersonic flight. + Read More   + Read More Aeronautics Features on NASA.gov
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