Beginners Guide to Aeronautics Do you ever wonder how airplanes fly? How does a pilot control the movement of the airplane? How did the Wright Brothers invent the airplane? Why are the engines on an airliner different from the engines on a fighter plane? The information on this site is designed to give you a better understanding of how aircraft and aerodynamics work.
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Welcome to NASA's online home for all things related to the first "A" in NASA —Aeronautics. Here you can stay informed about NASA's research to improve air travel and make it more sustainable.
Aeronautics Research With more than a century of aviation research heritage, NASA’s aeronautical innovators have developed technology through the years that makes air travel safer, faster, and more sustainable. Their contributions are so widespread that every U.S. airplane and air traffic control tower has something from NASA built right in.
The Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics has been on the web for over a dozen years. During that time, NASA projects have come and gone and the intended audience has variously changed from high school students to college students and back to middle school students. So there is a wide breadth of information here at the site.
Aeronautics–An Educator’s Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education is available in electronic format through NASA Spacelink–one of the Agency’s electronic resources specifically developed for use by the educational community.
NASA's Aeronautics programs focus on research, development, and testing of aviation technology advancements that will benefit humankind and retain U.S. leadership in a vital manufacturing and transportation sector.” robert pearce NASA Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Why Should I Care?