NASA and Lockheed Martin introduced the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft on January 12, 2024, presenting it as a research plane ...
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Inside NASA’s quiet supersonic experiment

For decades, supersonic flight has meant one thing — a thunderous sonic boom that limits where aircraft can fly. The X-59 was ...
The MD-11's unique design choices impacted cruise and landing speeds.
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an icon of American air power. Once one of the most widely produced supersonic fighter jets, it was a staple of both the US Armed Forces and many allied air ...
In “The Islands and the Stars,” Subodhana Wijeyeratne charts how Tokyo’s space program has changed over the past century.
The Space Coast’s first human spaceflight of the year launched Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX sent up a mission to the International Space Station, and with it a rocket booster that ...
If you didn’t hear the sonic boom early Friday morning, watch (and listen!) to what Channel 9's Melonie Holt witnessed ...
The Space Coast’s first human spaceflight of the year launched Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX sent up a mission to the International Space Station, and with it a rocket booster that served up a ...
The Space Coast's first human spaceflight of the year is on tap for early Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX aim to send up a mission to the International Space Station, and also bring back the ...
More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...
United Launch Alliance flew its Vulcan rocket for only the fourth time early Thursday, but suffered yet another fiery burn ...