NASA announced a successful test of its X-59 aircraft at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., that could lead to ...

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

NASA's X-59 is taking slow steps towards supersonic flight, beginning taxiing tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, ...

NASA test pilot Nils Larson walks around an F-15B research aircraft for a rehearsal flight supporting the agency's Quesst ...

NASA's experimental aircraft, X-59, developed with Lockheed Martin, has entered the taxi test phase, moving closer to its first flight.

NASA has taken another step in the development of the X-59, an experimental aircraft that promises to drastically reduce ...

What is required to transform the thunderous crack of a sonic boom into a mere whisper across the sky? On July 10, 2025, the solution became visible on the sun-drenched runways of Palmdale, California ...

NASA’s X-59, a 99-foot experimental aircraft developed with Lockheed Martin, has entered the taxi test phase at California’s ...

NASA has begun testing a new supersonic aircraft, almost 22 years after Concorde flew its last passenger service. The “quiet” ...

An international crew is readying for Thursday's planned launch of a NASA mission to the International Space Station after ...

A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic ...

Trump's move to lift a 52-year FAA ban clears the way for supersonic commercial flights over the US, opening a new era in air ...