The center hosts the world’s largest wind tunnel and a rich history of aerospace innovation, preserved in a striking visual ...

The race for quiet supersonic flight takes a leap forward with NASA's X-59. But what challenges remain before it becomes a ...

The explosive noise happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. Though the X-59 is not a prototype, its technology could influence the future of supersonic flight. Earlier this ...

That line opened one of the most iconic television shows of the 1970s. The Six Million Dollar Man was part science fiction, ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft will be unveiled on January 12, 2024. The X-59 is designed to produce a much quieter sonic boom, aiming to enable supersonic flight over land.

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

The push of the aviation industry to cut down on traditional fuel consumption and the resulting harmful emissions comes in many shapes and sizes. Some are trying new engine designs, others are ...

Nov. 16 (UPI) --NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft, designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without the sonic boom, is getting a makeover. The experimental aircraft taxied Tuesday to Lockheed ...

NASA and Boeing said Monday the aircraft produced through the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project has been designated by the U.S. Air Force as the X-66A. The new X-plane seeks to inform a ...

Electra’s EL-2 Goldfinch demonstrator sits outside NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. [Courtesy: Electra] NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is putting his money where his mouth is. The ...

It's been a very busy year for one of NASA's more daring aeronautical projects, one meant to find an innovative way to cut down airplane fuel consumption and emissions. So busy, in fact, that all the ...