With ungainly proportions, Beechcraft wings and tail surfaces ... [Credit: NASA] Mention the term “X-plane,” and most envision shadowy experimental military aircraft with mind-numbing performance.

As odd as some of these designs may seem, many of the X-Planes developed by NASA would go on to solve important questions in science and inspire modern commercial and military aircraft.

If you picture an aircraft, chances are you will probably think of a traditional two-winged aircraft with one vertical and two horizontal stabilizers at the rear. This is a design concept that has ...

The United States banned supersonic travel over land for non-military aircraft in 1973 due to public concern about sonic booms over populated areas. NASA recently studied transoceanic supersonic ...

James Stewart, a spokesman for Air Mobility Command, told Military.com in an emailed ... showed none of the typical tail and unit markings on the aircraft. A Feb. 23 photo from the 23rd Wing ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This post has been updated. Earlier this year, NASA announced that ...

The Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set recreates ... Two crews of two NASA astronauts each boarded Enterprise atop NASA 905 (the first SCA's tail number) at Dryden Flight Research Center ...

Not many aircraft can claim to be truly one of a kind, but the NASA AD-1 is undoubtedly one ... supersonic passenger planes, as well as military applications, but more than 40 years after the ...

FOR MORE THAN SEVEN DECADES, speed has been the hallmark of commercial aviation. But while we have the capability to push those speeds from around 500 miles per hour to even greater extremes ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA said today in a conference call with reporters that it would ...