NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique – it’s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without causing…

Flying from New York City to London up to four times faster than what’s currently possible may sound like a…

NASA will deliver the results to U.S. and international regulators, who will consider new rules that would lift the ban…

Before the X-59 flies, NASA researchers are getting ahead of the curve by using computational fluid dynamics to create what…

Sound never looked so good! Using a special handheld camera, researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,…

NASA researchers recently conducted a series of flights to record the sound of jet engines with the goal of using…

Seventy-five years ago, a sonic boom thundered for the first time over the high desert of California. On the ground…

A model of the X-59 aircraft, the centerpiece of NASA’s mission to gather information intended to help enable a new…

A faster-than-sound airplane generates sonic thumps so quiet that people on the ground might not hear anything at all. Not…

NASA hopes the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land can be lifted by replacing the loud sonic boom with…

NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign…

For the deserts of Southern California, the major milestones of aviation have long been marked by the unique sights, and…

In the world of aviation research, new knowledge and tools can come from working with friends on a big project.…

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, California, to provide support for the community overflight response phase of…

Although it may look like an abstract piece of aeronautical artwork that could hang as a painting over an enthusiastic…

NASA has successfully tested an advanced air-to-air photographic technology in flight, capturing the first-ever images of the interaction of shockwaves…

NASA is set to begin a series of quiet supersonic research flights off the coast of Texas near Galveston to…

Arriving 49,000 feet above the test site, higher than the airlines fly, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center test pilot Jim…

NASA’s newest experimental aircraft, designed with quiet supersonic technology and intended to help open a new era in faster-than-sound air…

An upcoming NASA supersonic research flight series will examine methodology and technology to be used in future community response testing…

NASA will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. CDT Tuesday, April 17, to unveil plans to conduct a series…

When NASA’s next X-plane takes to the skies, it will produce some pretty cool images. Thanks to the completion of…

The future faces of aviation are awesome. Members of Aviation Explorers Post 747, a group of middle- to high-school youth…

Residents along Florida’s Space Coast will soon hear a familiar sound — sonic booms. But instead of announcing a spacecraft’s…

“Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between…

Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel…

NASA has concluded a series of flights designed to study the way sonic booms travel through the atmosphere. The Sonic…

Supersonic vehicle research addresses the development of tools, technologies, and knowledge that will help eliminate today’s technical barriers to practical…

History is about to repeat itself. There have been periods of time during the past seven decades – some busier…

The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA’s award of a contract for…