A NASA 757 research aircraft, based at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., went searching for thunderstorms over an eight-week period this spring.

The 757 is being modified from a passenger-configured revenue aircraft to a research platform, replacing ``Fat Albert,'' NASA's 737 flying laboratory, retired in 1997.

Boeing's new ecoDemonstrator (a 757) is slated to go on a series of flights this spring to try out two of NASA's experimental fuel-saving techniques. One of them's the Active Flow Control Enhanced ...

According to NASA, because it has a hardy bug population, making it perfect for flying tests of a Boeing 757 whose wings were covered in experimental materials engineered to shed the masticated ...

NASA researchers, working with Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator Program, plan to be in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 27 to May 15, to test non-stick wing coatings designed to minimize … ...

A full-size model of the vertical tail of a Boeing 757 commercial aircraft was put through its paces inside a wind tunnel recently as NASA and the U.S. Air Force conducted tests they hope will one ...

"The wake from the 757 is no stronger or weaker than you would predict from the weight, span, and speed of the airplane," agrees NASA's David Hinton, who has taken wake measurements at airports ...

NASA is currently testing six different coatings to see which one keeps them away best. The flights are aboard an ecoDemonstrator—a specially designed Boeing 757 meant to test fuel savings and ...

Curate 757. Cosmic Creations: NASA & AMA Studios. Season 2 Episode 8 | 4m 53s Video has Closed Captions | CC. We explore art that reflects technology and feature animator Jon Levy of AMA studios.