Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate 

Mystery Picture Graphing Activity 2

On the graph found on the third page: 

• Plot and connect the points found in groups 1-3. 

• Follow the directions for the points found in groups 4-11. 

Then, read through the information on the fourth page to determine which aircraft is pictured. 

Plot and connect the points in each of the following groups: 

Group 1: Group 2:

(0, -3) (19, 1) (-20, 7) 

(7, -1) (13, 3) (-22, 7) (-12, 2) 

(18, -4) (15, 9) (-20, 6) (-15, 0) 

(20, -5) (13, 9) (-19, 4) (-9, -1) 

(21, -8) (9, 4) (-19, 6) (-7, 2) 

(21, -4) (6, 4) (-17, 6) (-12, 2) 

(22, -4) (7, 3) (-8, 3) 

(24, -3) 

(22, -3) 

(23, 0) 

(20, -3) 

(9, 0) 

(12, 2) 

(17, 1) 

(3, 3) 

(-2, 4) 

(-6, 4) 

(-16, 6) 

(-15, 7) 

(-19, 7) 

(-18, 9) 

(-12, 2) 

(-20, -4) 

(-20, -5) 

(-11, -5) 

(0, -3) 

Group 3:

(-6, 1) 

(-6, -1) 

(-8, -1) 

(-6, 1) 
Follow the directions in each of the following groups: 

Group 4:

Draw a line from

(-17, 6) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(-17, 7) 

(-18, 6) 

(-16, 6) 

(-18, 5) 

(-16, 5) 

Group 6:

Draw a line from

(-11, 4) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(-11, 5) 

(-12, 4) 

(-10, 4) 

(-12, 3) 

(-10, 3) 

Group 8:

Draw a line from

(7, -1) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(7, 0) 

(6, -1) 

(8, -1) 

(6, -2) 

(8, -2) 

Group 10:

Draw a line from

(15, -3) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(15, -2) 

(14, -3) 

(16, -3) 

(14, -4) 

(16, -4) 

Group 5:

Draw a line from

(-14, 5) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(-14, 6) 

(-15, 5) 

(-13, 5) 

(-15, 4) 

(-13, 4) 

Group 7:

Draw a line from

(-7, 3) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(-7, 4) 

(-8, 3) 

(-6, 3) 

(-8, 2) 

(-6, 2) 

Group 9:

Draw a line from

(11, -2) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(11, -1) 

(10, -2) 

(12, -2) 

(10, -3) 

(12, -3) 

Group 11:

Draw a line from

(18, -4) 

to each of the 

following points: 

(18, -3) 

(17, -4) 

(19, -4) 

(17, -5) 

(19, -5) 

NASA’s Aeronautics Missions:

At any given time, NASA Aeronautics is working on different missions to help make flight safer, 

faster, quieter and more efficient. Some current projects include the following: 

Electrified Aircraft Propulsion: The X-57 (Figure 1) is 

one of the first airplanes fully powered by electricity, 

meaning that it produces no harmful emissions when it 

flies. NASA is working with industry partners to use the 

technology from the X-57 to produce larger passengercarrying airplanes that are partially or fully powered by 

electricity. Figure 1. The X-57 is powered by electricity.

Low-boom Flight Demonstrator: For many years, 

planes have been able to fly faster than the speed of 

sound, or supersonically. Unfortunately, when 

planes fly this fast, they produce a very loud noise 

called a sonic boom. As a result, nonmilitary 

supersonic flight over land is not allowed currently. 

NASA’s X-59 (Figure 2) airplane is designed to fly 

supersonically without creating a sonic boom. 

NASA will be flying the plane over different 

communities across the U.S. in an attempt to 

demonstrate that supersonic flight is possible 

without creating harmful noise pollution. If successful, the hope is that supersonic flight over land 

will become a reality.

Figure 2. The X-59 is designed to fly supersonically without 

creating a sonic boom. 

Advanced Air Mobility: Soon, flying taxis,

package-carrying drones and other similar aircraft 

will be common sights in the skies over towns. 

NASA is leading the way to develop a system for 

controlling these aircraft as they fly passengers 

and cargo over urban and rural areas. This system 

is known as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). Figure 3. Flying taxis and other aircraft will be controlled 

through a system known as AAM. 
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