And the amount spent on aeronautics research would be $724.4 million next year, an 18 percent drop from 2006.

To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.

Nonetheless, at the present time, NASA Glenn's future remains assured with a combination of aeronautics research, advanced technology and spaceflight hardware development.

Although hobbyists continue to show interest in the ornithopter, aeronautics research in the 19th century came to focus on the glider.

Another $203 million would be saved by shifting Federal involvement in aeronautics research to the private sector.

Comprised of federal departments and agencies that fund aeronautics-related research, the subcommittee wrote the nation's first presidential policy for aeronautics research and development (R&D).

Its facilities are tailored for aeronautics research and aircraft design only, manufacturing is handled by other firms.

In this year's budget and planning documents, the agency's mission is "to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research."

But financing for NASA aeronautics research has decreased since 1994.

NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.