Aeronautics

NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight

March 21, 2026

NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft made its second flight on Friday, kicking off a series of dozens of test flights in 2026. Although the flight…

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An aircraft resting on a section of runway as seen from the side. The X-59 has a long, thin nose that accounts for nearly a third of its length, along with sleek wings and an engine mounted above its body, just below its tail. The early morning sky is dark in the background with the sunrise just starting to emerge.

March 17, 2026

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19 to highlight plans for…

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NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition

March 14, 2026

NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical…

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A shock wave interacting with a thin layer of fluid at Mach 10 in a wind tunnel, as captured by the Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren (SAFS) system invented in 2020 by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Compared to conventional Schlieren imaging it eliminates irrelevant features such astunnel boundary layers, off-plane shockwaves, and flow structures from temperature variations outside the wind tunnel.

February 20, 2026

Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to…

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An artist’s concept image shows the square, gray rooftop of a hospital building with three concept aircraft sitting on top. One aircraft is painted dark blue, and two are painted with red and white paint schemes. Each aircraft has several unique propellors and wings to showcase that these aircraft can take off and land on short runways or vertically. The words “Century Medical Center” – in red – sit below the rooftop landing pad with several rows of windows underneath. In the background, there are several rows of trees, buildings, and parking garages, to show that this building is inside of a city.

February 20, 2026

New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds overhead — and where you’re hearing…

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NASA Advances High-Altitude Traffic Management - NASA

February 18, 2026

High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible,…

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The SpaceWorks X-60 rocket is pictured in flight in the upper atmosphere, with the curvature of the Earth below it.

February 1, 2026

While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward…

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A hybrid engine, with its intake facing the camera, is mounted into a large, white scaffolding system. In the scaffolding structure to the hybrid engine’s left is a monitoring station in a modified shipping container. A series of pipes and wires to the engine’s right and above it, connecting the unit to the systems that provide it with fuel and collect data on its operations.

January 27, 2026

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like…

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NASA Develops Blockchain Technology to Enhance Air Travel Safety and Security

January 17, 2026

By Supreet Kaur In an era where data security is critical to aviation safety, NASA is exploring bold new…

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NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025

December 17, 2025

With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II…

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The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above California. The plane has a distinctive shape with a long, sharply pointed nose. The nose is silver, while the rest of the body looks white. The words "NASA" and "X-59" are on the body of the aircraft. In the background, we can see brown earth below the plane as well as hazy mountains in the distance.

November 21, 2025

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at…

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Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe

October 12, 2025

At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of…

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