NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
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NASA Streams 4K Video From Plane To Space Station Via Laser
A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and ...
Nasa fires up ‘boomless’ supersonic jet that will travel at speeds over 900mph ahead of first flight this year
NASA has completed the engine ground tests on its supersonic jet, which is expected to take to skies later this year. The X-59 jet is Nasa and Lockheed Martin’s joint offering, which the ...
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NASA’s Hot Rod Pontiac Helped Design the Space Shuttle
It’s no Fiero, but this Pontiac muscle car got fast and furious for science. It’s every street racer’s fantasy: The ...
NASA fires up X-59, a supersonic jet with a top speed of 1,489 kmph
NASA says the X59 supersonic jet will produce a sonic thump instead of a sonic boom, which might help lower it's noise.
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NASA's X-59 turns up power, throttles through engine tests
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has taken another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a ...
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New NASA Aircraft Guidance System to Help Trim Research Cost
Learn how NASA might lower its Earth science study costs through Soxnav, a new aircraft guidance system helping optimize ...
BioSCape shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
New studies co-led by UB show how 160 scientists mapped South Africa’s biodiversity using NASA aircraft and fieldwork.
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NASA Subjects X-66 Semi-Span Model to Wind Tunnel Tests
Read about the latest tests conducted with the X-66 aircraft, NASA’s experimental airliner being developed with Boeing.
The aircraft that may fly like a flock of geese
Some species of birds like geese save energy by flying in close formation. Airliners could use a similar trick to burn less ...
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NASA explores Earth science with new navigational system
NASA and its partners recently tested an aircraft guidance system that could help planes maintain a precise course even while ...