Armstrong Flight Research Center News and Features

Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, developed an innovative atmospheric sensor suite, which can monitor air quality, help uncrewed aircraft avoid dangerous wind shears, and aid noise studies.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, meet three female leaders with NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project who are making aviation more sustainable by developing electrified propulsion for aircraft.

Students at the University of Idaho are advancing NASA technology that could improve wildfire spotting and farmland monitoring.

Utilizar programas informáticos para realizar funciones que ayuden a las personas no es un concepto nuevo: fíjese en nuestras computadoras, teléfonos móviles o coches eléctricos.

More than 1 billion people rely on seasonal mountain snowmelt as a resource for their water supply and a team of NASA scientists and aircraft operators are measuring snow levels to better understand the contribution to our water resources.

In a world that runs on data, computer simulations are among our most powerful tools for investigating any scenario.

In preparation for high-altitude flight tests of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin personnel recently underwent pressure breathing training in San Antonio, Texas.

NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, completed more than 30 flights in support of the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Storms (IMPACTS) mission.

“I know that there are a lot of issues in the world, but here at NASA, I feel like I am part of a family that helps motivate me to be the best I can be.”

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center has a long history with employing women in aviation careers and empowering these women to reach for the sky, although it was not always this way.