1 min read High-Speed Flight Project Overview Artist concept of a high-speed point-to-point vehicle. NASA Langley What We do The High-Speed Flight (HSF) project develops technologies that make high-speed, airbreathing, commercial flight possible from Mach 1 to Mach 5 and above. HSF creates tools, technologies, and knowledge that will helpContinue Reading
High-Speed Flight Project NASA’s High-Speed Flight (HSF) project develops technologies that enable high-speed commercial flight from Mach 1 to Mach 5 and above. The HSF project’s supersonic and hypersonic vehicle research includes tools, technologies, and knowledge that will help eliminate today’s technical barriers to practical commercial high-speed flight. Learn MoreContinue Reading
High-Speed Flight Project More News Stay up-to-date with the latest content from NASA’s High-Speed Flight project covering our aeronautical research from speeds of Mach 1 to Mach 5 and above. NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards 3 min read While NASA is working with U.S. aviationContinue Reading
Regional Air Mobility Activity Summary Status: Active America is home to over 5,000 airports available for public use, yet only 30 of these airports serve over 70% of all travelers. A recent paper from NASA and industry experts representing airlines/operators, vehicle manufacturers, electric infrastructure companies, aviation technology companies, and dependable-transportationContinue Reading
2 min read About Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) NASA NASA’s Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) studies, evaluates, and develops technologies and capabilities for new aircraft systems and explores far-future concepts for revolutionary air travel improvements. AAVP develops technologies for all flight regimes from hover to hypersonic to enable safe,Continue Reading
Host Andres Almeida: How do you get to the Moon? The quick answer is “on a rocket.” But how we do stay on the Moon’s surface sustainably and build a future where astronauts can also live and work on Mars? NASA is working on that. But we aren’t doing it alone. Our guest this episode is Nujoud Merancy, NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for the StrategyContinue Reading
This story is published in partnership with The Guardian. As Traitor 47 assaults the legal foundation of America’s ability to regulate global warming emissions, climate deniers have been privately celebrating what they claim is the “silent” acquiescence of billionaires, Democrats, climate activists and even reporters to the president’s aggressive pro-fossil fuel agenda. “In my 26Continue Reading
In a Prince Rupert board room in mid-January, the British Columbia-based Indigenous alliance Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), Lax Kw’alaams and the Haisla Nation met with Prime Minister Mark Carney and reaffirmed their opposition to a new oil pipeline to the northwest coast of the province. “It’s loud and clear. That’sContinue Reading
The Japanese HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft is pictured attached to the Earth-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module with the Canadarm2 robotic arm in the foreground. NASA Expedition 74 is ready to send off a Japanese cargo spacecraft on Friday after four months attached to the International Space Station.Continue Reading
A NASA anomaly review board, convened in mid-February, is evaluating the recovery efforts undertaken for the agency’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft orbiting Mars. The spacecraft was last heard from on Dec. 6. The board also will assess the probable current state of the spacecraft and the likelihoodContinue Reading
Regional Air Mobility Resources Encyclopedia Updated Mar 4, 2026 Previous RAM Work at NASA N. Borer et al., Regulatory Considerations for Future Regional Air Mobility Aircraft, 2023 S. Viken et al., Overview of the Small Aircraft Transportation System Project Four Enabling Operating Capabilities, 2006 M. Moore, NASA Puffin Electric Tailsitter VTOL Concept, 2010 N.Continue Reading
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NASA Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Reference Vehicles Encyclopedia Updated Mar 4, 2026 Across the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) community, a wide range of vehicle configurations and operational missions have been proposed. The NASA UAM reference vehicles have been chosen to demonstrate specific vehicle attributes representative of those proposed across theContinue Reading