NASA added a new X-59 test pilot to support the agency’s Quesst mission: Mike Lippert, a research test pilot based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.   “This fulfills a…

NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series…

You may have noticed that NASA’s X-59 has a shadow – another aircraft trailing it from a safe distance. That sidekick is…

Testing new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The…

In honor of America’s 250th birthday, two of NASA’s most iconic aircraft got a fresh coat of red, white, and…

No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air taxis —small,…

NASA flight photographers capture history from a perspective few ever experience, getting a rare bird’s-eye view of the agency’s missions…

Flight testing is a team sport. For nearly 80 years, teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,…

In celebration of the X-59’s recent supersonic milestone flights, NASA’s Quesst mission invites you to refresh your phone wallpaper and virtual meeting background with images of this unique aircraft in action.   NASA…

Flight tests are a big part of how NASA turns breakthrough ideas into reality. From flying humans faster than the…

At NASA, innovation begins well before an aircraft takes flight. The Experimental Fabrication Branch at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center…

Data from a NASA campaign in Panama and Peru will help communities prepare for tropical floods in cloud-covered areas, improve…

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft reached a major milestone Friday, June 12, flying Mach 1.4 (about 924 mph) and an altitude of 55,000 feet, the conditions required for the aircraft to make future flights…

Equipped with rock picks and hand lenses, a team of geoscientists deployed to the Mojave Desert recently to investigate a…

NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of…

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft reached a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time.   The 81-minute flight achieved a speed of Mach 1.1 (approximately 713 mph) at an altitude…

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet supersonic capabilities later…

NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane is about…

After completing a series of initial test flights at high and low altitudes, NASA’s X-59 aircraft is undergoing a scheduled…

From high‑speed research flights to high‑altitude science campaigns, NASA depends on aircraft that perform at their best and the ground…

Although NASA’s X-59 is designed to fly supersonic, its test flight schedule is about more than just going gradually faster…

NASA’s C-20A aircraft completed a series of flights on April 29 over Central California to contribute new data to improve…

As flight operations for NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft accelerate, its team has picked up their testing tempo, completing two…

NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to support science…

NASA advances aeronautics and space technologies through experimental aircraft and flight research at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in…

To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract resources such…

The envelope expansion phase of any experimental aircraft is critical, not just for pushing the aircraft higher and faster, but…

From the beginning of NASA’s work to bring its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft from the drawing board into reality, the…

NASA and Boeing have completed wind tunnel testing to study an innovative advanced aircraft design intended to improve aerodynamic efficiency.…