NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
A new airplane silently broke the sound barrier. It looks nothing like NASA’s X-59
Thanks to upgraded engines and advanced computers that monitor weather in real time, Boom Supersonic achieved the holy grail ...
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NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane's Engine Test-run Successful
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful ... which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to commercial supersonic flight over land by ...
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Supersonic Travel Is Back! NASA’s X-59 Could Get You Across the World in Hours!
NASA is pushing the boundaries of supersonic travel with its experimental X-59 jet, a sleek, needle-shaped aircraft designed ...
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...
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Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore to return to Earth early as NASA moves up Crew 10's launch date
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore had flown off to the ISS on Boeing's Starliner capsule in June 2024, following which the aircraft hit ... Steve Stich, NASA's Commercial Crew Program manager ...
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Doubts Emerge Over NASA’s VIPER Public/Private Partnership Strategy
His skepticism is shared by Andrew Chanin, CEO of ProcureAm, which initiated the first global exchange-traded fund providing investors with “pure-play” access to an expanding space economy. The fund’s ...
Under Trump, NASA meetings are on hold and missions are up in the air
NASA is a methodical institution that plans its missions years or even decades in advance, enjoys a famously loyal workforce ...
NASA and SpaceX’s Unexpected Spacecraft Swap Sends Crew-10 to Space Sooner
NASA and SpaceX are pushing up Crew-10’s launch date by reusing a previously flown Dragon spacecraft, Endurance. This ...
The VIPER moon rover’s commercial revival signals a new era
The story of VIPER, with its twists and turns, proves the wisdom of NASA’s turn to the commercial sector for partnerships ...
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NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly's First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing
Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrant on the near side of the Moon, as part of NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and ...