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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to NASA, the joint research program was run by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and North American Aviation, Inc. It began in December 1954, and led to the design and building of three X-15 ...

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 ...

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.

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).

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.