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The Armstrong Flight Research Center is NASA's primary center for atmospheric flight research & operations. Verification:
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As we wrap up 2023, let's take a look back at some of NASA Armstrong's accomplishments! ⭐
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I'm feeling supersonic!
John Manke (who later became
@NASAArmstrong
's director) made the first supersonic flight of a lifting body, the HL-10, 55 years ago today. The lessons learned from this aircraft went on to inform the design of the space shuttle.
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Happy
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
!🍎
Did you know that
@NASA
has a search tool to help you easily find
#STEM
resources? Try it out to find activities to celebrate
#BlackHoleWeek
! ⚫️
Click here to get started:
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Living on the edge of innovation requires a high degree of risk.
After organizational silence led to the loss of space shuttle Challenger and its crew in 1986, NASA vowed to change the culture and make safety its priority.
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Calling all innovators!
The May 1 Flight Opportunities webinar will explore how commercial suborbital flight testing can support the maturation of techs for commercial impact.
Learn how to achieve small business goals through flight testing space tech.
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NASA's C-20A aircraft is finishing up flights over Greenland for the AirMOSS science mission this week. ✈️
This mission uses radars developed at
@NASAJPL
to measure soil moisture and help determine the amount of carbon being exchanged between plants and the atmosphere.
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Meet NASA Armstrong test pilot Jim “Clue” Less, training to fly the X-59!
Learn about how he got his call sign and how he’s preparing to become one of the first pilots to fly on board an aircraft with a fully digital vision system.
#WorldPilotsDay
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The new junior pilot activity book featuring the X-66! ✈️
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Happy
#EarthDay
! 🌎
We're highlighting the new Sustainable Flight Demonstrator - the X-66! ✈️
This is the first X-plane specifically focused on helping to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.
Download the 3D model file to print your own!
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Pilot helmet or football helmet? ✈️ 🏈
Here we go, NASA, here we go!
NASA pilot Nils Larson flies NASA T-34C while wearing his pilot helmet with Steelers logo visible, while NASA photographer Jim Ross captures their aerobatic maneuver.
@steelers
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SWOT continues
#TrackingWorldWater
from space – this time, its data helped calculate the depth of a temporary lake in
@DeathValleyNPS
.
Since there isn’t typically water here, researchers don’t have permanent instruments in place. SWOT helps fill that gap.
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Several air taxi companies and others across the aerospace industry are using a NASA-developed computer software tool called OVERFLOW to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. 🚁
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The end of an era ✈️
After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and is set to retire after concluding operations in May.
Check out where the DC-8 will have its new home after retirement ⬇️
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Did you see today's
#GoogleDoodle
? Don't be like the E and sleep on this rare celestial event. It's the last total solar
#eclipse
to cross North America until 2045!
Join our livestream starting at 1pm ET (1700 UTC) for views from Mexico to Maine:
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Join the conversation!
The Apr. 3 Flight Opportunities “researcher roundtable” webinar will discuss best practices for using cameras to gather data on a variety of flight test platforms.
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"I am most proud of my own education and success as a female in a male-dominated environment of aircraft maintainers, and aeronautics professionals in general."
Meet Kari Alvarado, lead management analyst at NASA Armstrong, as we celebrate
#WHM
!
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"I have a unique job that allows us to not necessarily be tied to one mission or one project, but almost all of them, and that’s exciting."
Meet Denise Ryan, a flight management specialist at NASA Armstrong, as we celebrate
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from NASA Armstrong! ☘️ ✈️
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