US fighter pilots are having trouble breathing and NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center has been asked to look into the problem. Over the next few months, test pilots at the Langley Research Center ...

U.S. Air Force Col. Jay Flottmann is one of a handful of individuals the service calls “unicorns”—qualified both as a fighter pilot and a physician. As a member of the NASA team charged with studying ...

In a little-noticed addendum to NASA’s report on the unexplained physiological episodes plaguing U.S. Navy F/A-18 pilots, the agency concluded that Boeing, the manufacturer, showed “no initiative” to ...

(Washington, DC) – The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4412, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014, and S. 1254, the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia ...

HOUSTON Hypoxia is something NASA takes very seriously. In an intimidating room known as "the chamber," NASA trainers gave us oxygen, and then took it away. It was a test to see if we could recognize ...

Lawmakers criticized U.S. Air Force and Navy leaders over the latest hypoxia-related incidents occurring in various aircraft for not honoring their obligation to pilots. During a House Armed Services ...

Senior US Air Force and NASA officials testified 13 May before Congress on the steps the service is taking to ensure that the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is safe to fly. The USAF is installing a ...

Hypoxia is a reduction in the normal level of tissue oxygen tension, and occurs during acute and chronic vascular disease, pulmonary disease and cancer. It induces a transcription programme that ...