The North American Aviation X-15 was a revolutionary aircraft that forever changed the landscape of aviation and space ...

Meet the X-66A, NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane, featuring transonic truss-braced wings and designed to explore net-zero aviation emissions and more ...

X-15: The Record-Breaking Aircraft That Could Have Led U.S ... either in the X-15 or the canceled X-20, but in a capsule. Specifically, NASA chose the Mercury capsule as the first vessel of U ...

Mention the term “X-plane,” and most envision shadowy experimental military aircraft with mind-numbing performance. From the X-1, which was the first to break the sound barrier, to the X-15 ...

In recent years, NASA has also been looking at more eco-friendly aircraft, including quieter supersonic airliners, low emission vehicles, and all-electric planes, one of which is the X-57.

X-15 Rocket Plane: NASA Test Pilot Research Aircraft. Posted: March 15, 2025 | Last updated: March 15, 2025. The film discusses the X15 rocket-powered research airplane, which was piloted by test ...

To see if that affects the X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin put the plane on the tarmac right next to the F-15, at a distance of 47 feet (14 meters) at first, and then at 500 feet (152 meters).

But unlike earlier craft like the X-1, which carried Chuck Yeager on the first supersonic flight, or the X-15, flown by Neil Armstrong and others to record-setting altitudes, this plane ...

NASA Goes Off Script, Runs X-59 Engine Speed Hold Test Ahead of Schedule X-59 Supersonic Plane Spotted Next to NASA F-15, The Two Planes Band Together for a Reason NASA Snaps the Throttle of Its X ...

NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over land quieter.