Preparing today for tomorrow's mission! ⭐ . Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our teams focused on in 2024. 🔗:

#ICYMI Join NASA Armstrong’s Partnership Days on Oct. 21-22, 2025, and explore opportunities to collaborate on groundbreaking research and development!. Whether you’re an industry leader or government entity, this is your chance to connect with NASA experts and shape the future

This #LaborDay, we thank the NASA People who make up a diverse workforce of civil servants, U.S. contractors, academia, and commercial partners working together to explore, discover, and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity.

Did you know that a fiber thinner than a strand of hair is revolutionizing how we measure strain and heat on aircraft? ⭐. NASA’s Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS) uses thin optical fibers to measure strain and heat on aircraft and other structures. It can be used in the medical

The X-15 experimental aircraft achieved its first hypersonic flight on June 23, 1961, soaring at speeds over five times the speed of sound. Later, the X-43A reached about 7,000 mph using innovative engines that harnessed atmospheric oxygen. For nearly eight decades, NASA

Calling all Innovators! 🚀 ✈️ 🧑‍🔬. Join us at NASA Armstrong’s Partnership Days on Oct. 21-22, 2025, and explore opportunities to collaborate on groundbreaking research and development. Whether you’re an industry leader or government entity, this is your chance to connect with

Not your average sunrise glow ☀️.

It's #NationalAviationDay! Want a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a NASA pilot? . Meet some of our incredible pilots here at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center 🧑‍✈️ ✈️ . Learn more about the people behind NASA's missions:

The life of a NASA Flight Research Center ✨ ✈️. Have you heard of schlieren imaging?. Schlieren imaging is a technique, seen here in from a flight series called AirBOS, that lets us see invisible airflows – like shock waves and vortices – coming off full-scale airplanes in

“The purpose of flight research is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected.” .– Hugh L. Dryden, former NACA administrator and NASA’s first deputy administrator. X-planes – experimental aircraft – are developed for a wide

RT @LearnWithNASA: Head #BackToSchool with @NASA! 📖🍎. This school year, take advantage of the many student challenges and opportunities we….

Happy Birthday, Neil Armstrong! We honor you today, and every day!. Before being transferred to astronaut status in 1962, he was a research pilot here at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. As a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, like the well-known

When the X-59 flies over the desert, how will NASA hear it?. In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will measure the noise generated by the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft. During the tests, an F-15B

Today is #NationalInternDay!. Claudia Sales, Kassidy McLaughlin, and Julio Treviño all started their careers as interns at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, where they continue to explore the secrets of the universe. Their journeys highlight the long-term impact of the

Why do supersonic parachutes fail?. To find out, @NASA launched a high-tech parachute from a drone, testing flexible sensors that could make landings on Mars safer and more reliable. The research, led by the EPIC team at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,

Thermal Engineering Day Spotlight🔥 . At NASA Armstrong’s Flight Loads Laboratory, engineers push structural components – and even entire flight vehicles – to their limits, applying extreme heat, cold, and mechanical stress to simulate the harsh conditions experienced during

NASA engineers are testing how mobile networks based on 5G standards and technologies could support the future of air taxis. Using specialized radios and flight tests, the team is studying how to keep aircraft connected in city skies. Learn how current networks might power

#OTD in 1969, #Apollo11 touched down on the Moon. Later that day, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface. Flight tests for the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) took place at NASA's Flight Research Center, now

Let the taxi tests begin! ✈️.

#OTD in 1970, the HL-10 made its final flight. The HL-10 was one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body program. The HL-10 was flown 37 times during the program and logged the highest altitude (90,030 feet) and fastest speed (Mach 1.86 or 1,228 mph). The HL-10 helped

NASA Armstrong's C-20A (Gulfstream III) science aircraft flew over the Guadalupe, San Gabriel, and Colorado River basins with specialized instruments onboard to assist after destructive flooding in Texas. Read more: