NASA's Boeing B-52B served as a launch platform for X-15, Pegasus and X-43 programs, supporting hypersonic and space research ...

On April 3, 2026, NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft tucked its landing gear into the fuselage and flew clean for the first ...

NASA has demonstrated how its supersonic X-59 aircraft will help reduce sonic booms by executing its first wheels-up test ...

THE wheels are off in the battle to achieve supersonic air travel as NASA’s “Son of Concorde” passes another major milestone.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is getting ready to go supersonic. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel faster than ...

The supersonic plane could potentially fly non‑stop from London to New York in approximately three hours and 44 minutes.

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet ended its second test just nine minutes into flight, ending the one-hour event almost as soon as it began because of a system warning. - NASA / Jim Ross Nothing seemed amiss ...

The X-59 is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating a loud sonic boom. The ultimate goal is to prove that quiet supersonic flight is a viable option for commercial airlines.

After a shortened second flight, NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator has begun a series of flight tests and envelope expansion flights over the Mojave Desert near Edwards, California.

Generally speaking, when an aircraft goes supersonic, everybody around it knows it, as the sonic boom it generates when breaking through the sound barrier makes no secret of what is going on. Could ...

NASA is getting ready to go supersonic. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight from California.

NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...