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Boeing Awarded $2 Billion Contract to Continue Work on B-52’s New Engines
24 Dec 2025 21:56 GMT
… continue the work on the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program ( … F130 engine during testing at NASA Stennis Space Center in … on a B-52 Stratofortress as part of the B-52 Radar Modernization … associated sub-systems onto the B-52 aircraft. (engines will be …
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NASA’s ‘Flying Bathtub’ taught the Space Shuttle how to land
24 Dec 2025 13:47 GMT
… Research Center, Edwards, CA. (NASA)
With fixes in place, engineers … concept validated by the prototype, NASA proceeded to a metal, … to reduce sink rate. The B-52 Stratofortress replaced tow aircraft as … F2 was dropped from the NASA B-52 at an altitude of 45 …
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Navy pilot turned NASA flight surgeon shares aviation adventures with historical society
25 Sep 2025 07:12 GMT
… and ensuring astronauts’ safety for NASA. But that’s exactly the …
One memorable flight in a B-52 bomber heading back from Florida … the American space program, NASA discovered they had no worldwide … backgrounds with black letters took NASA 18 months to approve …
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B-52 Radar Modernization Nears Flight Testing
30 Aug 2025 20:48 GMT
… provided an update on the B-52 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) … support electronic warfare.
For the B-52, the new radar is … radar upgrade program for the B-52. The Radar Modernization Program … F130 engine during testing at NASA Stennis Space Center in …
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Veteran NASA astronaut says ISS can operate past 2030
29 Apr 2025 04:22 GMT
… conference about his latest mission. “NASA was still learning how to … people occupied doing mission work.”
NASA plans to retire the ISS … argued, comparing it to the B-52 bomber, which remains in service … opinion clashes with that of NASA’s safety panel, which …
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Mach 6.7 X-15 Rocket Plane: NASA’s Historic Leap into Hypersonic Flight
22 Apr 2025 20:52 GMT
… under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress and dropped at a … shaped horizontal stablizer; yellow stripe NASA inisignia on tail with stars … in the aerospace industry,” Fromer NASA historian, Dr. Roger Bilstein … .”
On October 24, 1968, NASA’s William H. Dana brought …
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NASA’s X-43A: The Mach 9.6 Hypersonic Marvel Explained in 1 Word
27 Mar 2025 16:11 GMT
… : NASA’s X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, first flown aboard a B-52 … April 28, 2001, aboard a B-52 over the Pacific Test Range … -43A and carried on the B-52’s wing pylon.
Despite all … after being released from a B-52 mothership, like the X-43A …
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B-52 Spotted Over Texas Apparently Carrying Hypersonic Missile During Test
06 Mar 2025 06:28 GMT
… March 5, 2025
The B-52 was also trackable through Multilateration … communications capabilities for the B-52 across all domains and … communications capabilities for the B-52 across all domains and … the early days of the NASA B-52 testing campaigns. Specifically, …
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NASA, Boeing Back Drone-Based Inspection of Commercial Airliners
21 Jan 2025 20:18 GMT
… Boeing, its two-year NASA contract draws from Civilian Commercialization … models from the 737 to B-52, with more being added regularly … Airlines and Emirates Airlines.
“NASA has worked with Near Earth … leader for autonomous systems at NASA. “We are excited to …
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NASA’s X-43A: The Mach 9.6 Hypersonic Marvel
15 Jan 2025 07:02 GMT
… flight.
-Developed as part of NASA’s “better, faster, cheaper” … Do Scramjets Work?
According to NASA, “A scramjet (supersonic-combustion … flight within the atmosphere.
NASA planned to build an X … after being released from a B-52 mothership, like the X-43A …