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After engineers at NASA Langley pioneered the glass cockpit concept in ground simulators and demonstration flights, Boeing built the first glass cockpits for airliners.

Over time, it might be possible to breed soybean plants with lighter leaves that would apply extra nitrogen to growing more beans.

This disinfectant process can be used after each ambulance run, making it safer for both patients and paramedics.

NASA is investigating augmented and virtual reality applications that could help researchers work collaboratively on any aspect of mission design, implementation, or training.

Working together, NASA’s satellite networks will relay data 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that Orion is in continuous communication with the ground.

The powerhouse of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is the European Service Module provided by the European Space Agency and its partner Airbus.

NASA is looking for creative solutions to menu boredom.

Crew members work with flight controllers to identify temporary campout locations when the new crew arrives on the International Space Station.

The NASA team behind an umbrella-like deployable heat shield is testing out a new material to deliver science payloads on future missions to Mars and beyond.

With the use of BP-1, NASA researchers have hit pay dirt in the lab.

NASA’s TESS has given us tickets to a red giant concert in the sky.

Inspired by origami, A-Puffer’s lightweight design is capable of flattening itself, tucking in its wheels, and crawling into places rovers can’t fit.

Working similar to GPS, this NDL remote sensing unit will have a maximum range of 5 miles on the Moon as it precisely navigates craft safely to the surface.

With funding from NIAC, this team is focused on getting a spacecraft as close to the Sun as possible.

For decades, acoustics engineers have worked to reduce the noise pollution created by aircraft.

As the oxygen dissipated into space, so did the crew’s hopes for a lunar landing.

After rounds of engineering, a NASA team developed a successful extraction system that can help eliminate PCB contamination.

Astronauts traveling to deep space need water and oxygen to survive. The farther they are from Earth, the harder it is to provide these for the crew.

To better protect passengers and crew, the FAA is conducting research that will help mitigate the dangers from batteries.

NASA is working with national park managers to link information about animal behavior to light and noise datasets.