NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after ...

Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an ...

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 ...

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center advanced multi-mission flight research in 2025, including supersonic testing, high-speed aircraft, air mobility, Earth observation, exploration technologies, and ...

Look up in the sky! No, really, look. Are those planes supposed to be that low? But don’t worry, says NASA, because the aircraft you are seeing are conducting research and studying atmospheric data.