Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Improving aviation saety and efciencyThe rst “A” in “NASA” stands or “Aeronautics”—as in the “National Aeronau- tics and Space Administration.” Aeronautics has been part oNASA or more than 50 years. Beore that, the National Ad- visory Committee or Aeronautics conducted pioneering research that infuenced the de- sign oevery U.S. aircrat. NASA integrated that knowledge and existing testing acilities when it was created in 1958. The Aeronautics Research Mission Direc- torate, located at NASA Headquarters in Washington, oversees the agency’s aeronau- tics research, which is conducted primarily at our NASA centers: •AmesResearchCenterMoett Field, Cali. •DrydenFlightResearchCenterEdwards, Cali. •GlennResearchCenterCleveland •LangleyResearchCenterHampton, Va. RESEARCH GOALS NASA’s aeronautics activities are organized into our research programs and one test acilities management program: •AeronauticsTestProgram •AirspaceSystemsProgram •AviationSafetyProgram •FundamentalAeronauticsProgram •IntegratedSystemsResearchProgram A view rom a NA SA chase plane during a test fight othe blended wing body X-48B remote-piloted vehicle in April 2008. Image credit: NASA Dryden/Lori Losey
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8/6/2019 NASA Facts Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Aeronautics Research Mission DirectorateImproving aviation saety and efciency
The rst “A” in “NASA” stands or“Aeronautics”—as in the “National Aeronau-tics and Space Administration.”
Aeronautics has been part o NASA or morethan 50 years. Beore that, the National Ad-visory Committee or Aeronautics conductedpioneering research that infuenced the de-sign o every U.S. aircrat. NASA integratedthat knowledge and existing testing acilities
when it was created in 1958.
The Aeronautics Research Mission Direc-torate, located at NASA Headquarters inWashington, oversees the agency’s aeronau-tics research, which is conducted primarilyat our NASA centers:
•AmesResearchCenter Moett Field, Cali.
•DrydenFlightResearchCenter Edwards, Cali.
•GlennResearchCenter Cleveland
•LangleyResearchCenter Hampton, Va.
RESEARCH GOALS
NASA’s aeronautics activities are organizedinto our research programs and one testacilities management program:
unction or the uture intelligent integrated fight deck.
U.S. Government Agencies—working with NASA to:
•pursuecomplementarygoalsinaviationandspacetransportation saety, airspace system eciency,environmental compatibility and international leader-ship and others;
•transformtheU.S.airtransportationsystemintotheNextGenerationAirTransportationSystembytheyear 2025; and
•conductresearchthatenablesrevolutionarycapabili-ties in rotorcrat.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
InDecember2006,thepresidentoftheUnitedStatesestablished the rst National Aeronautics Researchand Development Policy to advance U.S. technologicalleadership in aeronautics. The goal is to create a vibrant,dynamic research and development community thatincludes government, industry and academia.
NASA contributed to the development o the policy, itsfollow-onResearchandDevelopmentPlanin2007andthe Research and Development Plan Technical Appen-dix in 2008. NASA’s aeronautics research goals are ullyaligned with these guiding documents and their keyprinciples: ocus on cutting-edge research with broad
benets, share research results as widely as possible,coordinate the management o U.S. aeronautics inra-structure across ederal departments and agencies, andestablish strong partnerships.
FUTURE WORKFORCE
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate seeksto engage and inspire students o all ages through edu-
Test engineer Mark D ‘Aprile checks a small model o a supersonic jet conceptdesignedbyGulfstreamAerospaceandtestedinaNASAwindtunnel.Image
credit: NASA Langley/Sean Smith
NASA,withBoeingandtheAirForceResearchLaboratory,testsanadvancedvehicle concept that could make uture aircrat more environmentally respon-sible by reducing noise, emissions and uel consumption. Image credit: NASA
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cational materials, design competitions or high school
andcollegestudents,exhibits,andmore.Inparticular,NASA provides programs to create a uture workorceby helping students pursue careers in aeronautics- andaerospace-related elds.
Aeronautics Scholarship Program
This new program awards scholarships to highly mo-tivated undergraduate and graduate students who arepursuing careers in aeronautics and related elds.
Undergraduates in their second year o study canearn up to $15,000 per year or two years, and gradu-ate students can earn up to $35,000 per year or threeyears. Money can be used or tuition, room and board,and other school-related expenses. Students also canapply or optional summer internships at NASA researchcenters to earn an additional $10,000 in stipends. Allapplicants must be U.S. citizens.
Twenty undergraduate and ve graduate scholarshipsare awarded each academic year.
For more inormation about NASA’s aeronautics re-search activities, establishing a partnership or applyingor a scholarship, visit www.aeronautics.nasa.gov.
•InternationalPartnerships,NASAAeronautics**: 15 (countries represented include Australia,Canada,France,Germany,Japan,Korea,Spain,UnitedKingdom)
*Fiscalyear2010,U.S.dollars.**AsofOctober2009.
Tests in a NASA wind tunnel o this SMART rotor hub conrm the ability o ad-vanced helicopter-blade active control strategies to reduce vibrations and noise.Image Credit: NASA
HarvardgraduatestudentBenLeetunestheopticsonaquantum-cascade-lasermethane isotope sensor used or alternative jet uel testing. Image credit: NASA