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NASA Flights Examine Shock-Sensing Probe Enhancements for Future X-59 Research

A recent flight test series is allowing NASA to examine improvements made to a flight instrument, designed to...

NASA’s F-15B Conducts Calibration Flight for Shock Sensing Probe

NASA's F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed performs a calibration flight of the shock-sensing probe over Edwards,...

NASA’s F-15B Conducts Calibration Flight for Shock Sensing Probe

NASA's F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed performs a calibration flight of the shock-sensing probe over Edwards,...

NASA’s F-15B Conducts Calibration Flight for Shock Sensing Probe

NASA's F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed performs a calibration flight of the shock-sensing probe over Edwards,...

NASA’s F-15B Conducts Calibration Flight for Shock Sensing Probe

NASA's F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed performs a calibration flight of the shock-sensing probe over Edwards,...

NASA’s Shock Sensing Probe Prepares for Supersonic Testing

A close-up of NASA’s shock-sensing probe highlights its pressure ports, designed to measure air pressure changes...

NASA’s F-15D Tests New Shock-Sensing Probe

NASA’s F-15D research aircraft conducts a test flight near Edwards, California, with a newly installed near-field...

NASA’s F-15D Tests New Shock-Sensing Probe

NASA’s F-15D research aircraft conducts a test flight near Edwards, California, with a newly installed near-field...

Shock Sensing Probe Prepares for Flight

NASA recently completed flight testing a state-of-the-art instrument designed to capture high-quality measurements...

Shock Sensing Probe Takes Flight

NASA engineers monitor an F-15 and an F/A-18 during a flight in support of the Shock Sensing Probe flight series,...

Shock Sensing Probe Prepares for Flight

NASA recently completed flight testing a state-of-the-art instrument designed to capture high-quality measurements...

NASA Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight 

NASA test pilot Nils Larson inspects the agency’s F-15D research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...

NASA Test Pilot Inspects New Shock-Sensing Probe Ahead of Calibration Flight 

NASA test pilot Nils Larson inspects the agency’s F-15D research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...

NASA F-15D Research Aircraft Conduct Calibration Flight

NASA's F-15D research aircraft conducts a calibration flight of a shock-sensing probe near NASA’s Armstrong Flight...

NASA F-15s Ready for Dual Ship Flights

Two NASA F-15 aircraft sit on the ramp at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California, ahead of...

F-15 N836NA SSP2 Flight-6 Aerials

F-15 N836NA with test pilots Nils Larson and Jim Less at the controls flying over the Colorado River during Shock...

F-15 N897NA inflight during Shock Sensing Probe (SSP) Flight #1 with test pilot Jim Less and videographer Lori Losey on board

NASA Test Pilot Prepares for Rehearsal Flight

NASA test pilot Nils Larson walks around an F-15B research aircraft for a rehearsal flight supporting the agency’s...

NASA Glider Aircraft Supports Quesst Rehearsal Flights

A NASA TG-14 glider aircraft is prepared for flight at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,...

NASA Intern Sets Up Ground Recording System Units

A NASA intern sets up ground recording system (GRS) units in California’s Mojave Desert during a Phase 2 rehearsal...

HWAP Episode 391: Mars is Hard. Here’s Why.

Dane Turner: Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode...