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Although NASA is best known for 60 years of engineering and scientific achievements, it originally came into being as a matter of national security.

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Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which aims to put Boeing’s innovative X-66 braced-wing aircraft design through flight tests in the 2028-2029 time frame. The X-66A makes use of a concept known as the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, or TTBW, which features ultra-long, ultra-thin, drag-reducing wings that are stabilized by diagonal struts. The demonstrator aircraft wil...

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and specifically its Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, has helped develop, study or test just about every significant aeronautical development aimed at making air travel cleaner, safer, faster and quieter since the industry started.

The educational partnership between NASA and Oklahoma State University that has lasted since 1968 opened a new chapter June 30 with the Space Act Agreement.

The educational partnership between NASA and Oklahoma State University that has lasted since 1968 opened a new chapter June 30 with the Space Act Agreement.

Professor Jamey Jacob said this will meet a NASA Education need for outreach with the expertise that OSU can continue to offer through programs such as Teacher in Space and

At any given time, hundreds of research experiments are ongoing about 250 miles above Earth conducted by astronauts living in space, and with growing plans for private space stations, there will be even more science ongoing in space in the near future.