The explosive noise happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. Though the X-59 is not a prototype, its technology could influence the future of supersonic flight. Earlier this ...

That line opened one of the most iconic television shows of the 1970s. The Six Million Dollar Man was part science fiction, ...

Boeing and NASA will pause work on a new, experimental aircraft design meant to deliver more sustainable options for the future of aviation. The aircraft project — called the X-66A Sustainable Flight ...

Electra’s EL-2 Goldfinch demonstrator sits outside NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. [Courtesy: Electra] NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is putting his money where his mouth is. The ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft will be unveiled on January 12, 2024. The X-59 is designed to produce a much quieter sonic boom, aiming to enable supersonic flight over land.

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

The push of the aviation industry to cut down on traditional fuel consumption and the resulting harmful emissions comes in many shapes and sizes. Some are trying new engine designs, others are ...

Nov. 16 (UPI) --NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft, designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without the sonic boom, is getting a makeover. The experimental aircraft taxied Tuesday to Lockheed ...

NASA has shown off its new quiet supersonic aircraft, the X-59. Created along with Lockheed Martin, the aircraft is designed to reduce the sonic boom created by traveling faster than the speed of ...

Come early next year American space agency NASA will fly, for the first time, an experimental aircraft that could one day bring back civilian supersonic aircraft, and might even allow them to fly at ...