https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/49bef5ff-6599-42a2-819c-3fa00ff62f17 On March 3, 1915, Congress established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to "direct and conduct research and experimentation in aeronautics, with a view to their practical solution." In 1946 at Muroc, California the NACA established a facility known as the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, now known as the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, to conduct flight research and validate the technologies of high speed flight, including the Collier Trophy winning supersonic X-1 and hypersonic X-15 rocket planes. Today NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California is helping advance NASA’s missions of aeronautics research, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology. In 2014 the Center was named for Neil A. Armstrong, an NACA and NASA research test pilot from 1955 to 1962 who went on to command the historic Apollo 11 mission. It is home to the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range and serves as NASA's center of excellence for atmospheric flight research. Topics include: Celebrating a New Name: Armstrong Flight Research Center High-Speed testbeds: quieter supersonic flight studies: F-15, F-18 Advanced Flight Control Software: increased flight safety: F-18 853 New UAV Technologies: simulations & flight tests: Ikhana High-Altitude Hydrogen Powered UAV: successful flight tests Tailless Flight Concept mimics bird flight: PRANDTL Fiber-Optic Sensors: measure wing loads in flight: APV-3 Shape-Shifting Wings: flight tests: G-III Airborne Science: studies our planet: C-20, DC-8, ER-2, RQ-4 Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy: reached full operational capacity: SOFIA Innovative Inflatable Heat Shields: flight load tests: HIAD Towed Glider Air Launch System (TGALS): flight tests Vertical Landing Rocket: private industry testbed: Masten Xombie Orion Spacecraft: NASA's Next Giant Leap: Ikhana Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/UKBPxRAGMBA Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:46:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/49bef5ff-6599-42a2-819c-3fa00ff62f17 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.