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N530NU

Nasa Langley Research Center MARS ELECTRIC FLYER

Valid ElectricVirginia

N530NU is a Nasa Langley Research Center MARS ELECTRIC FLYER, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to NASA Langley Research Center, a government body in Hampton, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2015 and expires on August 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Nasa Langley Research Center
Model
MARS ELECTRIC FLYER
Serial number
MEF-2
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 2 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6B1AC (octal 51530654)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 27, 2015
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01189394

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
NASA Langley Research Center
Type
Government
Address
6 E Taylor St
Hampton, VA 23681-2130

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data