NanoSail-D Stories
NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration
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An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated flight of an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-saving aircraft power systems. Mounted to a Saab 340B aircraft, the…
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New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights
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The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.
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From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet
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Fifty years ago, NASA’s Viking 1 and 2 landers made the first successful landings on Mars, opening a new era in planetary exploration. Behind that achievement was a team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, whose steady leadership…
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