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X-48B Blended Wing Body
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X-48 Blended Wing Body

Scale model of a blended wing aircraft.

Follow the X-48 through testing and flight.

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Future Aircraft Images

The Hybrid Wing Body H-Series future aircraft design concept comes from the research team led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Aircraft that might fly in the years ahead.

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Aeronautics Web Chats

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All aeronautics web chats and transcripts to date.

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Aeronautics in HD

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Aeronautics research videos in high definition.

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Distinguished by its large nose payload bay, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft does an engine run prior to takeoff from General Atomics' Grey Butte airfield.
Current Aircraft

Photos of aircraft flying at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

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Latest Features

One of aerospace artist Bob McCall's last works was a portrait of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. Called

Neil Armstrong Remembered at Gathering of Eagles

Famed pilot and astronaut honored posthumously by the Flight Test Historical Foundation with its Eagle Award for his contributions to flight research.

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A cluster of color fills the sky during the first mass ascension at the 41st annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Balloon Fiesta Ascensions Create Cluster of Color

NASA Exhibit highlights aeronautics research efforts; former NASA astronaut Mike Mullane details his three shuttle flights at fiesta Discovery Center.

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Richard T. Whitcomb, National Aviation Hall of Fame

Aerodynamicist Wins National Recognition

Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary NASA research contributions helped make supersonic flight a reality, will join the National Aviation Hall of ...

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Hot-air balloons of every design and color head skyward during a mass ascension at the 2008 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.

NASA Aeronautics on Exhibit at Balloon Fiesta

Visitors can learn about NASA's work to improve the efficiency of the nation's aircraft and aviation systems during the 41st Balloon Fiesta Oct. 6-14.

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Cover of the Dressing for Altitude Book of a pilot of astronaut wearing a pressure suit.

NASA Book Reveals the Stunning Science Behind Suits

Protecting a pilot or astronaut from sudden changes in pressure requires a suit designed, tested and sewn to perfection.

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    Meet true aviation pioneer Dick Whitcomb, Aviation Hall of Fame inductee on October 6
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    It's all about suits.
    "Dressing for Altitude" e-book now available!
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Test Your Knowledge

    Two future satellite instruments will fly on a NASA aircraft to test the best ways to collect data from the devices’ eventual spaceborne versions. Besides cloud studies, what else will the devices do?

    Micro-map the Atlantic coastline
    Evaluate soil fertility
    Analyze vegetative cover
    Monitor movement of tectonic plates
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To Go Fast, Start Small

A subscale model of a potential future low-boom supersonic aircraft, designed by The Boeing Company, is installed for testing between August and September 2012 in the 8- by 6-Foot supersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center. Pictured: GRC intern Kyle Webster.
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Future Aircraft Shape Inspires Future Pilot

Arthur Sears examines a model of a Hybrid Wing Body aircraft.
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Build the Future, Brick by Brick

The NASA meatball takes shape brick by brick thanks to hundreds of pieces of LEGO.
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Reaching Out, Flying High

Young visitors to the NASA aeronautics exhibit at the Joint Services Open House and Air Show in May near Washington, D.C., display their new body art.
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