American space agency NASA is busy checking the safety systems and the procedures for the first flight of the X-59 supersonic ...

NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator nears first flight, aiming to prove quiet supersonic travel and pave the way for overland ...

On the sultry morning of August 22, 1963, test pilot Joe Walker was strapped into the X-15, a machine designed to shatter all speed records, preparing to blaze through the stratosphere at a ...

A SUPERSONIC jet that could fly from London to New York in under four hours is preparing for take-off. NASA’s X-59 – dubbed ...

Discover the story of the North American X-15's first powered flight on September 17, 1959, when Scott Crossfield piloted the ...

The current methods for attitude determination are Star Trackers, sun sensors, magnetometers, and gyroscopes. We would like ...

Another air record has been (unofficially) broken as a prop-driven solar/electric aircraft reached the highest altitude yet for its type. On August 12, 2025, a modified Elektra One reached 31,237 feet ...

On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 space plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before. Walker reached an altitude of over 67 miles (108 kilometers). That's about 5 ...

SpaceX shared four stunning photos of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane into orbit on Aug. 21.

The Space Force operates the Global Positioning System satellite network to provide navigation services to ships, airplanes, ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — If you live in Central Florida, you may hear a sonic boom tonight. SpaceX is scheduled to launch the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B orbital test vehicle on its eighth mission at 11:50 ...