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NASA's testing a futuristic plane. You might fly on it.
NASA isn't just ... support an extra-long wing. (Wings with more surface area can generate more lift.) Engineers will assess measurements of the demonstration plane's lift, drag, aerodynamics ...
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NASA flips efficient wing concept for testing
That's what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency's answer to making future aircraft sustainable. Research from NASA's Advanced Air ...
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MIT and NASA created a futuristic, ultra-flexible airplane wing that could change the way we fly
Researchers from MIT and NASA have developed an airplane wing that can change shape and increase the efficiency of aircraft flight, production, and maintenance, according to MIT News. On a ...
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NASA Snaps the Throttle of Its X-59 Supersonic Demo Plane, First Flight Coming in 2025
If everything goes according to plan, NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program will produce its first results as soon as this year, as the demonstrator plane built for it, the X-59 ...
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'Hybrid Wing' Plane Uses Half The Fuel Of A Standard Airplane
NASA has demonstrated a way to build "hybrid wing” airplanes that dramatically ... that the BWB — which lowers the weight of the aircraft's structure by 25 percent — could help improve ...