As they returned to the airlock, the Earth below started to put on a lightning show, and Ayers took note, mesmerized. A day ...

Aircraft flying near storms have ... similar to those originally detected by NASA satellites—which almost always coincided with lightning strikes. This suggests that lightning’s powerful ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has made an astonishing discovery about Jupiter's lightning strikes: They're similar to Earth's. Jupiter's lightning is clustered in the polar regions, while Earth ...

NASA first used the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to carry Enterprise on a series of piggyback trials to confirm that an orbiter that would be launched like a rocket could return to Earth as an ...

The GL-10 Greased Lightning electric tilt-wing is ... The limiting factor for an electric-powered aircraft is the battery. But NASA’s current program is not aimed at battery development, which ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA Aeronautics has significantly improved modern aircraft. They continue to play an integral role in the modern commercial airplane experience improving safety ...

[Screenshot, Courtesy: NASA] In the ongoing quest to make airplane engines quieter, a team of NASA researchers is turning to Pleiades, one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Engineers ...

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The idea is to address communication delays and losses in aircraft, which typically communicate with ground stations using signals transmitted via satellite relay. NASA’s aerogel-based antenna ...