NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick, Robert Wall
A special Lockheed SR-71A has gone missing after being displayed in front of a NASA facility for more than 26 years. Meanwhile, the NASA administrator is dropping hints that a new X-plane is in the works that happens to look a lot like a Blackbird. What's going on here?
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
French flow control, JAXA’s reusable rocket, hypersonic tunnel returns and laser link from GEO.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Flight tests of an experimental low-drag laminar flow stub wing section are underway at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
NASA has contracted Momentus to use its Vigoride orbital service vehicle as a testbed to demonstrate a rotating detonation rocket engine in space in 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
In response to the disastrous July 4 weekend flooding in the Texas Hill Country, NASA is contributing high-technology airborne responses.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 after being used on 158 science campaigns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 2024 Spinoff, the latest edition of the agency’s annual summary of its technical achievements, highlights 20 new technologies.
Space

By Guy Norris
The delayed program is set to provide a wealth of data to industry and regulators as NASA gears up for its long-anticipated first flight.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s JSC is in line to receive the largest share of the agency’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget request among NASA’s 10 field centers and Washington HQ.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) is conducting fit checks with an advanced wing for NASA’s X-57 electric propulsion demonstrator as the X-plane progresses toward a first flight at Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Washington headquarters is in line for the most, $7.75 billion, followed by the Johnson Space Center in Houston with $5.66 billion.
Defense