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NASA Investigates the 'FaINT' Side of Sonic Booms

10.31.12 - NASA embarks on its latest effort to soften sonic booms as a NASA F/A-18 takes to the air in the Farfield Investigation of No Boom Threshold project.
Neil Armstrong Remembered at Gathering of Eagles

10.16.12 - Famed pilot and astronaut honored posthumously by the Flight Test Historical Foundation with its Eagle Award for his contributions to flight research.
Balloon Fiesta Ascensions Create Cluster of Color

10.09.12 - NASA Exhibit highlights aeronautics research efforts; former NASA astronaut Mike Mullane details his three shuttle flights at fiesta Discovery Center.
Aerodynamicist Wins National Recognition

12.19.11 - Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary NASA research contributions helped make supersonic flight a reality, will join the National Aviation Hall of Fame Oct. 6, 2012.
NASA Aeronautics on Exhibit at Balloon Fiesta

10.04.12 - Visitors can learn about NASA's work to improve the efficiency of the nation's aircraft and aviation systems during the 41st Balloon Fiesta Oct. 6-14.

New NASA-Funded Forecast System Helps Transoceanic Flights Avoid Storms

12.11.12 - A new NASA-funded prototype system developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of Boulder, Colo., now is providing weather forecasts that can help flights avoid major storms as they travel over remote ocean regions
Three NASA Airborne Earth Science Missions Focus of Jan. 25 Media Day

12.06.12 - NASA is inviting media to look behind-the-scenes at several active Earth science missions that will take to the air next month to study climate change and air pollution. These airborne missions are all based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California.
NASA Aerodynamics Legend Enters Aviation Hall of Fame

10.05.12 - Aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary NASA research contributions made supersonic flight practical, will join other aerospace pioneers in the National Aviation Hall of Fame Saturday, Oct. 6.