5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency’s Quesst mission. The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic [...]
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) SARP students peer into the cockpit onboard NASA’s P-3 aircraft, during research flights for the 2025 Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) internship. NASA/Milan Loiacono In August 2025, 47 students from NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) culminated a summer of science by presenting their research to an [...]
9 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP East Atmospheric Chemistry Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning from instruments [...]
10 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP East Terrestrial Fluxes Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning from instruments [...]
10 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP East Oceans Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and [...]
9 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP West Aerosols Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Guardian Jet Center in Southern California. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning from instruments specialists [...]
11 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP West Land Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Guardian Jet Center in Southern California. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning from instruments specialists [...]
13 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP West Oceans Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Guardian Jet Center in Southern California. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning from instruments specialists [...]
8 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP West Whole Air Sampling (WAS) Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Guardian Jet Center in Southern California. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning [...]
9 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 SARP East Ecohydrology Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virgina. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning from instruments specialists [...]
