The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...

American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...

It's been a long time coming, but the first flight of the X-59 experimental aircraft, made by NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works as a means to prove that quiet supersonic flight is possible, is more ...

NASA’s Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration ...

For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that creates a powerful sonic boom -- a huge noise that travels down to the ground below like a ...

In 2025, NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

Residents in Southern California may notice low-flying NASA aircraft later this month as part of a mission to study air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the agency announced Friday. From June ...