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The Armstrong Flight Research Center is NASA's primary center for atmospheric flight research & operations. Verification: https://t.co/tGaWFbUskp
Edwards, California
Joined March 2009
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. 🔗: https://t.co/boqDP2ipWy
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Celebrating 79 Years of Innovation! 🎉 ✈️ Today marks NASA Armstrong’s 79th anniversary! For nearly eight decades, our center has been at the forefront of advancing aeronautics, space exploration, and Earth science through cutting-edge flight research and technology
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✈️ Mission Complete! NASA Armstrong’s high-flying ER-2 aircraft has completed its 2025 support of the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx), a multi-year NASA-U.S. Geological Survey campaign to map critical mineral resources across the Western U.S. 🌍 The 36th and final
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How do you advance a technology concept for missions on Earth and beyond? You test it in flight. ✈️ At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, researchers are building a large subscale aircraft to support increasingly complex flight research. Once
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“Always take the job seriously, but never take yourself seriously.” NASA test pilot Bill Dana flew the final powered flight of the X-24B lifting body 50 years ago today—wearing pink boots. Read about Dana's legacy and how the pink boots came to be: https://t.co/FlXoYzVIy5
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Approaching first flight at the speed of safety! ✈️ As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing – and their decision-making is guided by safety. Take a
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Each year, we pause and honor the Americans who died in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. We will always remember. https://t.co/Q8SrTAfmDr
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The success of the astronauts who landed the Apollo lunar module on the Moon was in part due to their training with the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) and its successor, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV). #DYK that the LLRV project began before NASA had decided on
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Your name goes here! We’re collecting names to fly around the Moon. 3.4 million of you joined us for Artemis I. How many of you would like to come along with the Artemis II mission? https://t.co/vyLCuDWQtq
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Deadline extended ‼️ RSVP by Sept. 26 for NASA Armstrong’s Partnership Days on Oct. 21-22, 2025.
#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
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You might already know that cast members of Star Trek's original series were at the rollout of NASA's first space shuttle—the "Enterprise"—in September 1976. But did you know that some of them visited @NASAArmstrong Flight Research Center almost a decade earlier? #StarTrekDay
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Attention middle & high schoolers! The 5th @NASA TechRise Student Challenge is now open. Submit an idea for a chance to fly your experiment on a NASA-sponsored suborbital spacecraft with @virgingalactic or a high-altitude balloon with @WorldViewSpace. Learn more:
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For #TBT we look back to Sept 13, 1977, when the Enterprise orbiter had just completed its second free flight of the Approach and Landing Tests. In this scene, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and five T-38s fly over Enterprise, parked on the runway at Edwards AFB.
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#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
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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. https://t.co/h0IBYaAgsR
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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
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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
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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
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Not your average sunrise glow ☀️
It's #NationalAviationDay & we've got a pocket full of sunshine ☀️✈️ Today, we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers as we prepare to push the boundaries of what’s possible in air travel... NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 is gearing up for its historic first flight, with final
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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: https://t.co/tmrPH1JDpK
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