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National Air and Space Museum Receives Robonaut 2 From NASA
The space-veteran robot will be on display for the first time at the Udvar-Hazy Center near the space shuttle Discovery. […]
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Today in Aviation History: NASA Launches Apollo 7
On October 11, 1968, Apollo 7 laid the groundwork for a journey of orbiting the Moon and then, one day, landing on it. […]
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Flight Test Files: The Douglas D-558-I Skystreak
The Skystreak performed an important role in aeronautical research by its being able to fly for extended periods of time at transonic speeds […]
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Flight Test Files: Martin B-57B Canberra
During the early 1970s, a Martin B-57B Canberra (ex USAF 52-1576) took part in several NASA joint flight test programs at their Flight Research Centre within Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. […]
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Flight Test Files: B-47A Stratojet
NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station obtained this B-47A Stratojet (labeled NACA 150) to study the characteristics of a large, flexible swept-wing aircraft in 1953. […]
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Flight Test Files: Viper X
On June 14, 2021, the NF-16D Variable In-Flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) was officially redesignated as the X-62A. Stephen Chapis shares the story behind this change. […]
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Flight Test Files: A-5A Vigilante
In 1963, a North American Aviation A-5A Vigilante jet was utilized for simulation studies related to a proposed supersonic transport. These flights were based on two flight plans derived from earlier studies at NASA’s Flight Research Center: one for a variable-sweep wing configuration and the other for a delta-wing design. NASA test pilot William H. Dana conducted approximately 21 flights along federal airways leading into Los Angeles. […]
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The Sky is Falling! Now What? Presentation On August 31 At The Museum Of Flight
PRESS RELEASE The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA will be hosting another event as part of their Home Beyond Earth series. Debris from decades of spaceflights now orbits the Earth, and during a Museum […]
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Space Shuttle Lecture and Book Signing with Four-Time NASA Shuttle Astronaut
Space Shuttle Saturday at the Museum – August 17th: Four-Time Shuttle Astronaut and Author Tom Jones Shares Stories from All Shuttle Missions […]
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NASA Retires Its DC-8
By Adam Estes When the Douglas DC-8 was first flown in 1958, it was just the second American jetliner produced, second only to the Boeing 707, and was among the first narrow-body, four-engine jetliners that […]