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Justin Hall lands the Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone 2 (DROID 2) aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 22, 2023, as part of the Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, Simulation and Technology campaign. The data gathered by studying wind from the ground to 2,000...
Rocky Garcia and Wesley James prepare a weather balloon to collect wind data at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on July 20, 2023. Researchers measured wind at altitudes below 2,000 feet using drones, sensors, weather balloons, and other technology during the Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorol...
A bobcat surveys the landscape at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in this March 11, 2021, image. The spotted feline makes its home on the more than 300,000 acres of Mojave Desert surrounding the NASA facility housed at Edwards Air Force Base. Named in honor of Neil A. Armstrong, a former research test pilot at the center and th...
Aerostar’s high-altitude balloon is shown here moments after launch carrying payloads from 20 student teams as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge. Credits: Fresh Produce Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge. The flight is pa...
Teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The Super Hornet is seen here in a top view from March 2022 while in a wing loading test configuration at Armstrong. Understanding...
The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA’s experimental X-1 series of aircraft. From 1955-1958, it made 26 flights and one captive flight (attached to a carrier aircraft). Research flights took place over what is now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. In this photo from November 2021, the X-1E looks toward...
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST) is pictured here at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in California, wrapped up in preparation for its move to Texas. The X-plane will undergo ground tests to ensure it can withstand the stresses of flight before returning to California for completion. Credits: Lockheed Martin 图为NASA的X-59安静超音速技术飞机（QUSST）在加利...
NASA and Samaritans Purse DC-8 aircrafts parked on the ramp in front of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703. Credits: NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes NASA has once again joined forces with the community in the continuing effort to fight COVID-19. The agency provided specialized ground support on Jan. 11 for Samaritan’s Purse, enabling the aid org...
Credits: NASA/Daniel Rutter 北京时间10月27日零点整（美国东部时间10月26日12时），NASA宣布索菲亚平流层红外天文台(SOFIA) 在月球克拉维乌斯环形山（Clavius Crater）检测到了水分子的存在，这是NASA首次在阳光照射的月球表面发现水。这一发现表明水可能遍布月球，而不仅限于太阳光照不到的阴凉地带。 索菲亚平流层红外天文台（SOFIA）是一个经过波音747SP改装的机载天文台，飞机上架设了直径2.5米（100英寸）的反射望远镜，这是世界上最大的的机载天文台，工作在红外光波段。 克拉维乌斯环形山，月面坐标58.4°S 14.4°W Credits: NASA 来自这一地区的数据显示，水的浓度为百万分100至412之间，大致相当于一立方米的月球土壤中含有12盎司的水...
蓝色起源公司的新谢泼德火箭系统将于2019年1月从该公司位于德克萨斯州西部的发射台发射升空。 来源：蓝色起源 对我们大多数人来说，经常食用新鲜农产品是维持健康饮食的好方法，这并不奇怪。新鲜的水果和蔬菜也使国际空间站上的宇航员受益，而且很快就会对月球和其他地方的宇航员受益。科学家们正在研究在微重力环境下种植高营养食物的可持续方法，为太空探险者提供随时可得的日常绿色食物。 在由美国国家航空航天局（NASA）太空技术任务局的一部分，飞行机会计划推动的即将进行的飞行中，太空实验室技术公司将测试其微重力百合池（LilyPond），这是一种用于在太空中种植食用水生植物的水培箱。百合池将与其他几种经过测试的技术一起，在蓝色起源的下一个新谢泼德任务中启动。这些有效载荷将飞向太空并经历数分钟的微重力作用，然后返回地球，为研究人员...