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NASA Aeronautics

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NASA Aeronautics

@NASAaero

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NASA Aeronautics
@NASAaero
Apr 15
Wheels up for NASA’s X-59. ✈️ In its first wheels-up flight, the aircraft revealed its sleek, streamlined design—key to reducing sonic booms to a quiet thump. See how this milestone moves us closer to quiet supersonic flight over land: go.nasa.gov/41B3YV6
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NASA Events
@NASA_Events
Jul 10
Today is the last day that you can join @NASA at the Great American State Fair 🇺🇸 Featured content includes, @NASAaero's one-of-a-kind X-59, which will demonstrate technology to fly supersonic, without generating loud sonic booms. 🤫✈️ nasa.gov/freedom250/#am…
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NASA's Glenn Research Center
@NASAglenn
Jul 9
ICYMI: researchers recently discovered and tested a breakthrough heat-resistant material at NASA Glenn! It could help @NASA melt Moon rocks to extract resources — like metals for building infrastructure and oxygen for fuel and life support systems. 🌕 Here on Earth, it could
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NASA Aeronautics
@NASAaero
Jun 25
✈️ New NASA X-59 wallpapers have arrived! Celebrate the X-59’s recent supersonic milestone flights by upgrading your phone, desktop, or virtual meeting background with stunning new images from NASA’s Quesst mission. From cockpit views to in-flight photography, these free
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NASA Armstrong
@NASAArmstrong
Jul 8
Big shoutout to our 2026 summer interns at NASA Armstrong! They’ve been hard at work bringing fresh ideas, curiosity, and incredible energy to our teams. We’re excited to see all you achieve this summer. Here’s to a season of exploration, learning, and discovery at NASA! 🔗:
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NASA's Johnson Space Center
@NASAJohnson
Jun 27
Freedom flies high. 🇺🇸✈️ NASA’s fleet of aircraft based at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, recently received a special touch up to celebrate America’s big birthday. With the 4th of July right around the corner, our WB-57, T-38s, and Gulfstream V now take to the skies proudly
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NASA
@NASA
Jul 1
When Artemis II flew around the Moon, it carried a small piece of the Wright Flyer with it. Now, the swatch is back home at @airandspace. Learn more about the mementos that Artemis II carried: go.nasa.gov/4qJsaPO
NASA HQ PHOTO
@nasahqphoto
Jul 1
Check out images from the National Air and Space Museum's rededication ceremony! 📸: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCY1pX
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NASA Armstrong
@NASAArmstrong
Jul 1
Flight tests turn bold ideas into real breakthroughs. ✈️ For 80 years, NASA Armstrong has pushed the limits of flight, shaping safer, more efficient tech used across U.S. aviation today. Every mission is a chance to discover something new for the aviation industry. 🔗:
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NASA Aeronautics
@NASAaero
Jul 5
Have a Quesstion? Let us X-Plane! ✈️ The @NASAaero Quesst mission is featured at the Great American State Fair 🇺🇸 If you're in DC, stop by the NASA Pavilion today through July 10 and chat with one of our experts: go.nasa.gov/4p0BFKo
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NASA Events
@NASA_Events
Jul 5
Are you in DC for the Great American State Fair? Visit the @NASA Pavilion where we're featuring @NASAaero content ✈️ NASA Pavilion hours: Sun–Wed: 10am–9pm ET Thur–Fri: 10am–11pm ET
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NASA Aeronautics
@NASAaero
Jul 5
Have a Quesstion? Let us X-Plane! ✈️ The @NASAaero Quesst mission is featured at the Great American State Fair 🇺🇸 If you're in DC, stop by the NASA Pavilion today through July 10 and chat with one of our experts: go.nasa.gov/4p0BFKo
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NASA Armstrong
@NASAArmstrong
Jul 4
The Nation’s capitol will feel the power of NASA Aeronautics today! ✈️ The agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, joined by aircraft from @NASAJohnson, will ignite the skies with a @Freedom250 flyover bursting with energy, pride, and aerospace brilliance. Happy Independence
NASA Aeronautics
@NASAaero
Jul 3
Are you in DC for the fourth? Look up & you just might catch us 👀 NASA will mark America’s 250th anniversary with a series of special aircraft flyovers. The newly painted F-15 & F-18 from @NASAArmstrong will participate in a flyover in Washington DC 🇺🇸 nasa.gov/freedom250/?ut…
NASA Armstrong
@NASAArmstrong
Jul 3
In honor of @Freedom250, two of our most iconic aircraft are getting a fresh coat of red, white, and blue! ✈️🇺🇸 NASA Armstrong’s F-18 and F-15 were repainted in the colors that represent the legacy of determination, service, and unity that define America. It’s more than paint,
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NASA Aeronautics
@NASAaero
Jul 2
🇺🇸 As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, NASA's X-59 is helping shape the future of flight. From the Wright brothers to the X-59, American innovation continues to push aviation forward. go.nasa.gov/4vDxAOR #NASA #X59 #Quesst #Supersonic #America250