NASA mission gives world's last flying L-1011 TriStar another orbital launch role
Pegasus rocket deployed the LINK spacecraft to help extend the life of NASA's Swift Observatory after release from the unique Stargazer carrier aircraft
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FAA proposes ending 50-year ban on overland supersonic flights
Rule change could pave the way for aircraft such as Boom's Overture. At the same time, NASA continues work on technologies designed to reduce sonic booms
NASA's X-59 reaches target speed and altitude for community overflights
Experimental aircraft flew at Mach 1.4 and 55,000 feet, the conditions planned for future tests of its low-noise supersonic design
NASA's X-59 breaks sound barrier for first time
Experimental aircraft reached Mach 1.1 as program moves closer to demonstrating quiet supersonic flight
NASA increases X-59 flight test pace as supersonic trials approach
Experimental aircraft is expanding its flight envelope ahead of planned sonic boom demonstrations
NASA brings modified Boeing 777 back for future science missions
Aircraft is being converted into the agency’s largest airborne research platform following the retirement of its long-serving DC-8 laboratory
NASA’s X-59 flies with landing gear retracted for the first time
Supersonic demonstrator reaches new phase of testing focused on aerodynamic performance
NASA says shortened X-59 flight was caused by “false positive”
Second test sortie on March 20 was cut short after cockpit warning triggered early return to base
NASA prepares second flight of X-59 five months after first mission
Next test will expand speed and altitude envelope of quiet supersonic jet
GE Aerospace completes hybrid electric turbofan ground test for single-aisle aircraft
Demonstration validates power extraction and injection without onboard energy storage, part of the CFM RISE program