This idea for a possible future aircraft is called a “hybrid wing body” or sometimes a blended wing body.
A NASA long duration balloon is prepared for launch in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Credit: NASA
NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with space shuttle Endeavour on top and its two chase planes made a second low pass…
This concept of an aircraft that could fly at supersonic speeds over land is being used by researchers, especially at…
NASA’s Ikhana is a modified General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ Predator B unmanned aircraft system being used by NASA’s Dryden Flight…
An artist’s conception shows Kepler-36c as it might look from the surface of neighboring Kepler-36b. Image credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
A test article representing the Orion spacecraft floats to the ground during the latest Orion parachute test. For this test,…
Two of Orion’s three main parachutes fully inflate during the latest parachute test at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground…
A test article that mimics the Orion spacecraft is seen under parachutes Tuesday as NASA engineers conducted a drop test…
Two of Orion’s three main parachutes fully inflate during the latest parachute test at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground…
