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Together with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Office of the Secretary of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), we are developing new autonomous technology and informing FAA certification guidelines.

The system is called the Expandable Variable Autonomy Architecture (EVAA). Autonomous aircraft systems are already preventing air-to-ground collisions in piloted aircraft, and the project is now focusing on preventing aircraft from colliding with other aircraft in t...he air.

Pictured is the Hybrid Quadrotor 90C (HQ-90) that the team will use to perform testing scenarios using the EVAA system.

Read more about the testing and build phases: https://go.nasa.gov/3kr0UDL

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The Hybrid Quadrotor 90C (HQ-90) is displayed outside the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Lab in California on Oct. 1, 2020. The Resilient Autonomy project will use this vertical lift and transition remotely piloted aircraft for software testing. Credits: NASA Photo / Ken Ulbrich

✈️We knew that water existed in some craters that never see sunlight, but our airborne observatory, SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, shows us that it can survive on the sunlit surface too.

✈️ Mounted on a modified Boeing 747SP, with a 106-inch diameter telescope up to 45,000 feet, SOFIA's infrared instruments picked up a chemical fingerprint unique to water. It was found in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth located in the Moo...n’s southern hemisphere.

✈️SOFIA’s follow-up flights will look for water in additional sunlit locations and during different lunar phases to learn more about how the water is produced, stored and moved across the Moon.

READ MORE: https://go.nasa.gov/37MGLo7

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The Hybrid Quadrotor 90C (HQ-90) is displayed outside the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Lab in California on Oct. 1, 2020. The Resilient Autonomy project will use this vertical lift and transition remotely piloted aircraft for software testing. Credits: NASA Photo / Ken Ulbrich
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Join us this weekend at the USA Science & Engineering Festival - aka Scifest 💻 Virtually visit exhibits featuring hands-on and interactive activities; watch exclusive performances; participate in a Scavenger Hunt, and learn more about STEM careers: usasciencefestival.org/scifest
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Today is National Aviation Day! 👩‍✈️ ✈️ 👨‍✈️ For this year’s theme, we’re thrilled to dedicate this day to pilots everywhere. Whether it’s test or military, private or professional, manned or unmanned, we want to recognize all the ways pilots take to the skies. To celebrate, we’ll be sharing aviation-related content throughout the day. Here are some of the things we’ll be highlighting: ✈️ AFRC Pilot Call Signs video ✈️ NASA Armstrong Pilot Q&A videos ✈️ Tumblr Answer Time Join us here (as well as Twitter and Instagram) as we honor pilots around the world and commemorate the spirit of aviation! More: https://go.nasa.gov/2YdFXD8
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Happy Women’s Equality Day! 🚺 100 years ago on this day August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. Since that historic day, women have gone on to make significant contributions here at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration . We’re recognizing the remarkable achievements of our women employees at Armstrong. From astronaut to engineer to pilot to technician, they’ve make up a variety of roles at the center. Join us as we feature some of their stories of how they launched their NASA careers. #WomensEqualityDay #WomenofNASA
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