Single-aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with Aft Boundary-Layer Propulsion A key priority for NASA Aeronautics is investing in electrified aircraft propulsion (EAP) technologies for their potential to reduce fuel consumption, emissions, and noise for commercial airplanes. Achieving these benefits could be a key step towards environmental sustainability for the entire aviation industry.Continue Reading
PEGASUS In the last decade, airlines have shifted their focus from capturing market share to consolidating operations along the most profitable routes. Airlines have also increased the average load factor of flights and have shifted from under-50 seat regional aircraft toward 70-90 seat aircraft, which tend to have superior operatingContinue Reading
X-57 Maxwell NASA’s X-57 Maxwell was an all-electric experimental aircraft designed to demonstrate multiple cutting-edge technologies. The goal of the X-57 was to demonstrate that an all-electric airplane can be more efficient, quieter, and more environmentally friendly than airplanes powered by traditional gas piston-engines. The X-57 sought to demonstrate theContinue Reading
More Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools (SVTT) Project News Stay up-to-date with the latest news and content from NASA’s Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools (SVTT) project as it develops technologies and tools for a wide array of subsonic air vehicle applications, ranging from next-generation vertical take-off and landing to transonic,Continue Reading
Risk Assessment for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is expected to grow significantly in the coming years due to the vehicles anticipated benefits. Several private industries have proposed using UAS to transport goods while others have considered using the aircrafts to support newsContinue Reading
Safe2Ditch Safe2Ditch was an autonomous crash management system designed to run on a small processor onboard unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Designed to be inexpensive and light, the technology takes advantage of components that are already part of many small UAV systems such as visual spectrum cameras and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)Continue Reading
Quesst Mission All four of NASA research centers and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works are on a mission to build the X-59 – the first quiet supersonic research aircraft. Stemming from low-boom flight research that had its roots in ASAB for decades, NASA Langley and SACD have been instrumental in theContinue Reading
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Fostering Ultra Efficient, Low-Emitting Aviation Power (FUELEAP) NASA has supported the development of fuel cell electric power systems for decades, a history dating back to Project Gemini in the 1960s. Continuing the legacy, NASA Langley’s ASAB branch recently led research to power future electric aircraft using a hybrid-electric fuel cellContinue Reading
Unstable housing and job loss are key drivers of psychological distress among survivors of the 2023 wildfires, a new study finds. The ripple effects reach across Maui. By Keerti Gopal On the day of one of the deadliest natural disasters in Hawaii’s history, Blake Kekoa Ramelb watched his hometown goContinue Reading
On-Demand Mobility Ground travel can be a notoriously time-consuming affair. Travel is regularly delayed by traffic during peak travel hours and can be detoured by geography or road availability. In response, we are researching the capability for immediate and flexible air transportation, known as On-Demand Mobility (ODM). With ODM, tripContinue Reading
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock, installing leg and arm components on a spacesuit and swapping components from one suit to another to prepare for a spacewalk. NASA/Jack Hathaway The Expedition 74 crew members spent Wednesday studying the cardiovascular system while preparing for aContinue Reading
NASA Shutdown Information Information related to a government shutdown Shutdown Pages Home Federal Guidance NASA Guidance Center Information Ames Research Center Armstrong Flight Research Center Glenn Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Langley Research Center Marshall Space Flight Center NASA Headquarters Stennis Space CenterContinue Reading