NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation

NASA Aeronautics reported: NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation
On Sept. 30, 1946, five National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics (NACA) engineers arrived at Muroc Army Airfield in California’s high desert to achieve supersonic flight for the first time. In less than two years, NACA flew the X-1 aircraft faster than the speed of sound, marking an important milestone in aviation history. Fast forward 80 […]
Categories: Armstrong Flight Research Center, Aeronautics, Earth Science Division, Flight Innovation, NASA Aircraft, Research and Technology Mission Directorate
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Source country: United States
Published (UTC): 2026-09-28T19:20:01.000Z
Source: NASA Aeronautics
Original source: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-armstrong-celebrates-80-years-of-flight-innovation/