Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight 13:20. NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale ...

NASA awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin, which also makes U.S. fighter jets, a $247.5 million contract to build the X-59 craft, and as the images below show, the plane is in its final ...

NASA tested a model of its X-66 plane inside a wind tunnel at the space agency's Langley Research Center. It could be the future of commercial flight.

As per a NASA report, the SCIFLI team will track the capsule as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere after launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Observations will begin near the 200,000-foot mark, ...

NASA and Boeing announced on Tuesday that the Air Force had designated a new transonic, truss-winged aircraft as the X-66A. The design is a product of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project ...

The loss of the Concorde means no commercial supersonic jets at all. NASA's experimental X-59 jet hopes to resurrect faster-than-sound air travel.

A model of the plane with a wingspan of six feet (1.8 meters) was already put through its paces there, in a bid to generate the data required on lift and drag to move forward with the actual build.

NASA's supersleek X-59 plane is designed to break the sound barrier quietly and will launch sometime in 2023. ... This could open the door for new commercial supersonic travel options.

NASA awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin, which also makes U.S. fighter jets, a $247.5 million contract to build the X-59 craft, and as the images below show, the plane is in its final ...