In 1947, the American rocket-powered X-1 experimental aircraft broke the sound barrier. X-1 team members from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the NACA, founded the High-Speed Flight Research Station west of the Mojave Desert, which became NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Armstrong has been home to the design and testing of experimental aircraft since the sound barrier was broken.
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20250220-AAV3554-NACA-Series-Aeronautics-Armstrong-v1
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February 20, 2025
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NASA Ames Research Center
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