Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

NASA’s X-43A was a small, unmanned experimental aircraft that, in 2004, shattered world records by flying at nearly Mach 10 (almost 7,000 mph), becoming the fastest air-breathing vehicle in history.

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...

Jet fighters exhibit remarkable speeds and technological prowess. Top jets like the F-22 Raptor, MiG-29, SR-71 Blackbird, and ...

NASA announced that an aircraft known as the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator is now officially called the X-66A. It could first fly in 2028.

Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight 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, California ...

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 land quieter.

New photos of NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic plane show the aircraft parked on the flight line as it prepares for a series of ground and initial flight tests.

NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Chandra X-ray Observatory launch by sharing never-before-seen photos of the largest known spiral galaxy in the universe.

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The NASA X-43 was a groundbreaking hypersonic aircraft developed under the Hyper-X program in the late 1990s. It set records, reaching speeds ...