The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied on a ...

NASA's recently-retired SOFIA airborne observatory aircraft, the "flying telescope," also called Plant 42 home. The agency's ...

The NASA flight will get up close and personal with Southern California this weekend. NASA says the planes are being used to ...

In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

Testing is one of several space agency air taxi projects designed to study safety, operations, comfort, and more.

During the dry run at NASA Armstrong, an F-15B aircraft, serving as a substitute for the X-59, flew faster than the speed of ...

The University of Iowa's NASA mission, TRACERS, successfully launched into orbit, marking a significant milestone in space ...

On July 30, 2025,asteroid 2025 OL1—measuring roughly the size of a small aircraft—will pass Earth at a distance of 1.29 million kilometers.This event, closely tracked by NASA and international space ...

NASA has been working on the QueSST idea for about a decade now, but it was only recently (at the beginning of 2024) that the experimental aircraft that will make it possible came into existence.

NASA's Quesst ("Quiet SuperSonic Technology") mission recently reached a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed by ...

NASA researchers have been using a tiny aircraft dubbed “Son of Concorde” in trials to assess the impact of supersonic flights on residents. The tests took place in a wind tunnel in ...

NASA deploys specialized aircraft to assist search and rescue after catastrophic Texas floods that killed 119 people and left nearly 200 missing in South Central Texas.