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For the task at hand, NASA will use a couple of converted F-15 research jets. The first one, an F-15D, will be the main chase plane, using a series of instruments to measure the shock waves ...
The AIB report on the May 12, 2023 F-15D mishap at Kingsley Field has been released. We’re revisiting the findings and what caused the jet to overrun the runway.
NASA revealed the Artemis II mission patch design at Kennedy Space Center. Jared Isaacman, a businessman and private astronaut, is set to be confirmed as the new NASA Administrator.
NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years. The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey.
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet undergoing electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California alongside one of the agency's F-15D research aircraft.
To see if that affects the X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin put the plane on the tarmac right next to the F-15, at a distance of 47 feet (14 meters) at first, and then at 500 feet (152 meters).
EMI tests included checking for interference between X-59 and the radar-equipped F-15D chase aircraft. Credit: NASA EDWARDS AFB, California—NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed key engine and ...
NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk ...
Skylab rescue mission. Skylab was NASA's first space station, and it was launched into orbit after the final Apollo lunar landing in 1972. From May 1973 to February 1974, three different crews ...
NASA has developed special probes that will fly aboard F-15B jets trailing closely behind its X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet in order to measure the shock waves it produces.