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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A research aircraft for NASA was forced to make a belly landing at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas the morning of Jan. 27. The ...

As the first major piloted NASA X-plane to fly in a generation and the first crewed, purpose-built U.S. high-speed research aircraft since the X-15 of the 1960s, the X-59 low-boom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA aircraft, such as this P-3 Orion, will be flying over Hopewell, Richmond and Hampton between June 22-26, 2025, as part of a ...

Stuck in traffic on your way to work? Georgia Tech researchers say the answer to gridlock may one day come from the skies. Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert ...

Aeronautic officials debuted a new quiet supersonic plane capable of flying faster than the speed of sound and getting from New York to London in three and a half hours. The 100-foot-long, ...

Boeing is about to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time. Boeing's latest airplane malfunctions don't necessarily mean the astronauts are in extra danger. Still, ...

NASA's DC-8 airplane, dubbed a "flying science laboratory" by the agency, made a low pass over the Bay Area late Wednesday morning during its final journey. The aircraft is being retired in Idaho ...

NASA-developed wind tunnel technology is being used by the aviation industry to perfect new airplane designs throughout the entire development process. The Boeing Company, Seattle, is one manufacturer ...

A research aircraft for NASA was forced to make a belly landing at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas the morning of Jan. 27. The space agency said it is investigating why the landing gear could not ...