NASA’s experimental X-59 has finally traded the hangar for the sky, marking a historic first flight that could rewrite the ...
NASA is working on an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound, all without producing the annoying, if not sometimes alarming, sonic booms.
Space agency doubles the jet fighter research fleet for its X-59 quiet supersonic flight program.
NASA awards studies to SpaceWorks and Stratolaunch aimed at making hypersonic flight testing more affordable and repeatable.
NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research phases based on NASA’s Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast.
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 ...
NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.
American space agency NASA released new images of the first flight of the X-59, but also details on what's next for the program.
NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
Come early next year American space agency NASA will fly, for the first time, an experimental aircraft that could one day bring back civilian supersonic aircraft, and might even allow them to fly at ...
Boeing and NASA will pause work on a new, experimental aircraft design meant to deliver more sustainable options for the future of aviation. The aircraft project — called the X-66A Sustainable Flight ...