About Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities (FDC) Project

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The FDC project conducts complex integrated small-scale flight research to validate the benefits of new technologies. By modifying aircraft from FDC’s support fleet, the project enables aggressive, success-oriented flight campaign schedules. While many technologies are at mid-levels of technology readiness, the FDC project supports all phases of technology maturation.   FDC’s support aircraft fleet enables safety chase and in-flight experimentalContinue reading “About Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities (FDC) Project”

What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades 5-8. What is Pi? Pi is a number. You might know it as 3.14 or the symbol π. But it’s way more than that! What Makes Pi Special? Pi is an irrational number. That means it goes on forever and it never repeats itsContinue reading “What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)”

NASA Armstrong Director Brad Flick to Retire After 40 Years of Service

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Monday, NASA announced Bradley Flick, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, will retire Thursday, March 19, after a nearly 40-year career advancing aeronautics and flight research. Flick began his NASA journey in 1986 as a flight systems engineer and rose through the ranks to leadContinue reading “NASA Armstrong Director Brad Flick to Retire After 40 Years of Service”

La NASA compartirá información actualizada sobre la evaluación de aptitud para el vuelo de Artemis II

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Read this media advisory in English here. La NASA ofrecerá una rueda de prensa a las 3 p.m. EDT (hora del este) del jueves 12 de marzo para dar a conocer el progreso de la misión tripulada Artemis II alrededor de la Luna. La rueda de prensa tendrá lugar en elContinue reading “La NASA compartirá información actualizada sobre la evaluación de aptitud para el vuelo de Artemis II”

NASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Update

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 12, to highlight progress toward the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon. The media briefing will take place from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the conclusion of an Artemis II Flight Readiness Review. TheContinue reading “NASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Update”

Flammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier MaterialAssemblies Designed for Space Flight Applications

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) partnered with Materials and Processes and Flammability subject matter experts from the Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and the Marshall Space Flight Center to design and develop a test for evaluating the effectiveness of material assemblies to serve as a barrierContinue reading “Flammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier MaterialAssemblies Designed for Space Flight Applications”

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students in New York will hear from NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:05 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 11, and will stream live on the agency’sContinue reading “NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York”

Webb Studies Cranium Nebula

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula. Webb captured its unusual features in both near- and mid-infrared light. The nebula was first revealed in infrared light by a predecessor toContinue reading “Webb Studies Cranium Nebula”

From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Snow covered the ground that Tuesday morning 100 years ago, when a college professor and his wife took a morning drive to the family farm a few miles south in Auburn, Massachusetts. Along for the ride, the couple brought two work colleagues — and “Nell.” They may not have knownContinue reading “From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry”

ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated March 6)

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON MARCH 6, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. Most opportunities to participate in research are officially announced through the Web-basedContinue reading “ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated March 6)”

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