Mach 15? NASA’s 1st Hypersonic Jet Concept That Never Flew But Is Still Relevant Today

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

This Is NASA's Fastest Aircraft Ever

Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft ...

The experimental aircraft that could bring back supersonic air travel

As the standard bearer for supersonic travel, Concorde carried passengers from London and Paris to destinations such as New ...

Is supersonic air travel about to return, two decades after the last Concorde flight?

Once passenger flights had been discontinued, the then-Soviet airline Aeroflot operated an updated variant, called the ...

NASA Speaks On 3I/ATLAS: Why The Oldest Interstellar Comet Is Scientifically Key

NASA releases unseen 3I/ATLAS images following the US government shutdown. Discover why this ancient interstellar visitor is ...
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The Mach 15 X-43D ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

D. It Never Flew — and That Matters Now. -NASA’s X-43A proved that an air-breathing scramjet could fly at hypersonic speeds, reaching Mach 7 and Mach 9.6 in 2004. -The natural next step was a ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA employees return to work as 43-day government shutdown ends

NASA employees are returning to work Thursday as the government reopens. The agency's employees have been advised to "report to work in accordance with their regular work schedule" after President ...
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NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...
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Search Results for: NASA X-43 top speed

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. We're working continuously to improve our search results. If you aren't finding what you expect, please use our ...
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NASA X-59 Top Speed: How Fast Can The Supersonic Jet Travel?

The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst, which stands for "Quiet SuperSonic Technology," is an experimental aircraft developed by Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works. That's the same organization that developed ...
New York Post

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...
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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

About an hour after sunrise over the Mojave Desert of Southern California, NASA’s newest experimental supersonic jet took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday. The X-59 Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic ...