NASA’s X-43D was designed to fly at speeds approaching Mach 15 — roughly 11,000 miles per hour — using a hydrogen-fueled ...

In the early 2000s, NASA was among the first to achieve sustained hypersonic flight. As part of the broader Hyper-X program, ...

The space agency released a video of its experimental aircraft performing a series of maneuvers as it soared over ...

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

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 ...

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

HAMPTON, Va. — NASA is in the process of testing a new, experimental aircraft designed to achieve supersonic flight… but without the loud, sonic boom. The X-59 QUESST — short for Quiet SuperSonic ...

A render of the X-59 quiet supersonic airplane flying above the desert. - Lockheed Martin For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that ...

NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to Langley Research Centre in Virginia after undergoing major modifications that have ...

NASA's home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to support ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.