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NASA conducts cutting-edge, fundamental research in traditional and emerging disciplines to help transform the nation's air transportation system, and to support future air and space vehicles.

Our goals are to improve airspace capacity and mobility, improve aviation safety, and improve aircraft performance while reducing noise, emissions and fuel burn.

Our world-class capability is built on a tradition of expertise in aeronautical engineering and its core research areas, including aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, materials and structures, propulsion, dynamics and control, sensor and actuator technologies, advanced computational and mathematical techniques, and experimental measurement techniques.

Upcoming Events

NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project Pre-Proposal Meeting UPDATED
"N+2 Advanced Vehicle Concepts NASA Research Announcement"
NEW DAY/TIME Friday, February 19, 2010 (2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Washington, DC

This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Pre-Proposal Meeting will share information on advanced vehicle concepts and technologies of interest and seek input from the broad aeronautics community to refine the N+2 Advanced Vehicle Concepts NRA solicitation.
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Recent Events

AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
January 4, 2010
Orlando, Florida
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Session Presentations
+ NASA Aeronautics Update (.pdf 4.2MB)
+ Overview of NASA's Integrated Systems Research Program
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(.pdf 5.2MB)
+ Overview of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA)
   Project
(.pdf 8MB)
+ NASA's Current Plans for ERA Airframe Technology (.pdf 4.2MB)
+ NASA's Current Plans for ERA Propulsion Technology (.pdf 1.7MB)
+ NASA's Current Plans for ERA Vehicle Systems Integration
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Feature: Now Online: Aeronautics Goes E-Book
Books that tell the stories of historic aeronautics moments are being made available for your Kindle and other digital devices.
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Feature: Chopper Drop Tests New Technology
NASA researchers dropped a small helicopter from 35 feet to see if a deployable energy absorber could lessen the destructive force of a crash.
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