Decades before hypersonics entered today's headlines, NASA drafted an aircraft that bordered on surreal. Discover the story behind the X-43 Hyper X.

The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...

The biggest hurdle the Air Force has to overcome with hypersonic flight is the heat generated between the jet and the air at ...

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...

(via NASA) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, departing from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new video gives us great looks at last month's historic first flight of NASA's new "quiet" X-59 ...

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.

With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an object that came from beyond our solar system. By Kenneth Chang Month-old ...

NASA detected the most intense gamma-ray burst (GRB) in July 2025. While most such deep space signals last only a few seconds ...

SpaceX has fallen behind in developing a crewed lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, prompting the agency to reopen the contract to other providers. The added pressure has pushed SpaceX to ...

After the prolonged shutdown of the US government, NASA has finally started its nonessential work back up. It's starting off with a bang: The agency called a press conference to show its hitherto ...