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New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers Dr. Kevin Yu, left, and Dr. Jamesa Stokes prepare to remove a sample of a new material they discovered from a...

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NASA’s X-59 Prepares for Second Flight

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) As its team prepared for second flight, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft underwent engine run testing on Thursday,...

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NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights

As its team prepared for second flight, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft underwent engine run testing on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,...

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NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15...

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NASA, GE Aerospace Hybrid Engine System Marks Successful Test 

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Research from NASA and GE Aerospace led to the successful testing of a jet engine at the company’s Peebles Test Operation...

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NASA Tests Technology Offering Potential Fuel Savings for Commercial Aviation

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency’s F-15 research aircraft...

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NASA Develops Blockchain Technology to Enhance Air Travel Safety and Security 

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) By Supreet Kaur In an era where data security is critical to aviation safety, NASA is exploring bold new solutions.  An...

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NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings 

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Integrated Adaptive Wing Technology Maturation wind-tunnel model installed in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA...

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2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley 

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, to clarify the research done by ATM-X and ACERO. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides...

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NASA Works with Boeing, Other Collaborators Toward More Efficient Global...

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 Boeing ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a United Airlines 737-8, sits outside a United hangar in Houston.Boeing / Paul...

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NASA Demonstrates Safer Skies for Future Urban Air Travel 

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA engineer Hanbong Lee demonstrates capabilities to manage busy urban airspace traffic during a recent simulation at...

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NASA, War Department Partnership Tests Boundaries of Autonomous Drone Operations

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers in the Verification and Validation Lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley monitor a...

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NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities

2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ResilienX employees Angelo Niforatos, left, and Ryan Pleskach, right, overview the NASA safety tools integrated into the...

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NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Research Aircraft for electric Vertical takeoff and landing Enabling techNologies Subscale Wind Tunnel and Flight Test...

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NASA Uses Wind Tunnel to Test Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Wing

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA employees Broderic J. Gonzalez, left, and David W. Shank install pieces of a 7-foot wing model in preparation for...

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NASA Tests Mixed Reality Pilot Simulation in Vertical Motion Simulator

Damian Hischier of the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, California, takes part in testing of a virtual reality-infused pilot simulation in the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) at NASA’s Ames...

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NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Jacob Shaw A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first...

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NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s F-15D research aircraft conducts a calibration flight of a shock-sensing probe near NASA’s Armstrong Flight...

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NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers use a flat aerogel array antenna to communicate with a geostationary satellite above the Earth during tests...

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NASA Makes Progress on Advanced Drone Safety Management System

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory pilot controls a drone during NASA’s In-Time Aviation Safety...

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