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NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation

[embedded content] 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… 

NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission

Jeanette Kazmierczak Science writer Sep 28, 2026 Article A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the agency and industry vendor Katalyst Space have gained valuable…