The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by ...

Aside from offering up his jet, Isaacman is also donating his $221,900 annual salary to Space Camp – an educational summer ...

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 ...

This past winter, NASA announced it was going to bring back its X-planes, a series of experimental aircraft designed to test new technologies, dating back to the first plane to break the sound barrier ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its historic first-ever flight. See the flight highlights here. Credit: NASA Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints appoints 14 men to council, ...

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...

For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that creates a powerful sonic boom -- a huge noise that travels down to the ground below like a ...

NASA's received marching orders to develop and build a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s. The reason? The United States is now in a renewed space race with Russia and China to build a power ...

Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 jets have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, transitioning from military service to a new role enabling ...

Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...

After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...