NASA

FlyPast November 2024

Experimental NASA F-5 emerges from restoration

24th October 2024

Florida’s Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum has completed anti-corrosion and restorative work on Northrop F-5E 741519.

Aeroplane May 2024

Painting progress on Pima projects

25th April 2024

The spray booth at the vast Pima Air and Space Museum complex in Arizona has been kept busy recently as several exhibits have been repainted before going on display.

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NASA DC-8 retirement

11th April 2024

NASA will shortly retire its DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory after 37 years of missions.

Boeing

El MD-90 llega a las instalaciones de Boeing para la modificación del X-66A de la NASA

21st August 2023

Un McDonnell Douglas MD-90 ha sido transportado a unas instalaciones de Boeing donde será modificado para probar el concepto de ala transónica con armazón (Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, TTBW) como parte del proyecto Sustainable Flight Demonstrator de la NASA.

Boeing

MD-90 arrives at Boeing facility for NASA X-66A modification

21st August 2023

A McDonnell Douglas MD-90 has been ferried to a Boeing facility where it will be modified to test the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept as part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.

Flight Testing

NASA readies ex-USMC F/A-18D for chase mission ahead of X-59 testing

30th May 2023

A former USMC-operated F/A-18D Hornet that was acquired by NASA from the US Navy in 2021 has been rolled out at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center – a part of Edwards AFB in California – after being rejuvenated and repainted ahead of its planned use in supporting the testing of the administration’s X-59 QueSST technology demonstrator

A-18 Hornet

La NASA prepara un F/A-18D del USMC para una misión de persecución previa a las pruebas del X-59

29th May 2023

Un antiguo F/A-18D Hornet operado por el USMC que fue adquirido por la NASA a la Marina estadounidense en 2021 ha sido desplegado en el Centro de Investigación de Vuelo Armstrong de la NASA -parte de Edwards AFB en California- después de haber sido rejuvenecido y repintado antes de su uso previsto para apoyar las pruebas del demostrador de tecnología de transporte supersónico silencioso X-59 (QueSST) de la administración.

Boeing

¿Un sustituto del 737? Boeing y la NASA colaboran en un nuevo avión de pasajeros

18th January 2023

La NASA ha anunciado una asociación con Boeing para diseñar, construir y hacer volar un nuevo avión de pasajeros a gran escala.

Boeing

A 737 replacement? Boeing and NASA partner on new airliner

18th January 2023

NASA has announced a partnership with Boeing to design, build and fly a brand-new large-scale airliner.

Boeing 747

NASA Boeing 747SP retires after stellar career

30th September 2022

NASA’s Boeing 747SP, N747NA (c/n 21441), which was adapted to carry a large telescope and was referred to as the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), flew its last mission yesterday (September 29).

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New Zealand and US sign space deal

9th August 2022

The New Zealand and United States governments have signed a framework agreement that they hope will drive further opportunities in space and enable closer collaboration with NASA

launch

Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos firman un acuerdo espacial

9th August 2022

Los gobiernos de Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos han firmado un acuerdo marco que esperan que impulse nuevas oportunidades en el espacio y permita una colaboración más estrecha con la NASA