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two sleek, small jets sit on a concrete tarmac in the desert

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet clears 'major hurdle' ahead of 1st flight (photos)

By Brett Tingley published

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet recently passed electromagnetic interference testing, moving it one step closer to its first flight.

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator vehicle conducts its 13th and final test flight on Feb. 10, 2025. The jet broke the sound barrier three times during the flight.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier 3 times on final test flight (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 pathfinder vehicle went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10), breaking the sound barrier three times on its 13th and final test flight.

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a white aircraft flies under blue skies

Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)

By Brett Tingley published

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.

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a sleek silver jet with a sharp nose cone flies above a mountain range

Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live

By Mike Wall published

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft will break the sound barrier for the first time during a Jan. 28 test flight, and you can watch the action live.

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a column of purple flame shoots from the cone-shaped nozzle on the rear end of a white jet in a hangar

NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)

By Brett Tingley published

NASA and Lockheed Martin recently released photos of the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, blasting out a column of fire while in the hangar.

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After NASA’s Orion spacecraft was recovered at the conclusion of the Artemis 1 test flight and transported to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, its heat shield was removed from the crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building and rotated for inspection.

NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)

By Marcos Fernandez Tous published

Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

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a white-and-blue fighter jet soars through the sky

NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-59 jet

By Brett Tingley published

NASA has developed special probes that will fly aboard F-15B jets trailing closely behind its X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet in order to measure the shock waves it produces.

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A sleek, white vehicle unlike any other, with rotary cylinders at its four corners.

Meet 'Blackbird': A flying taxi that spins and moves in any direction thanks to new propulsion system

By Rory Bathgate published

Meet 'Blackbird': A flying taxi that spins and moves in any direction thanks to new propulsion system

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a circle of light seen in the night sky among bright stars

Drones look to the stars to make themselves stealthier

By Brett Tingley published

A new celestial navigation system designed for drones could make them harder to detect by eliminating the need for GPS signal emissions.

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an aircraft flies high above a glacial ice sheet

'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

By Brett Tingley published

NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned "city under the ice" built by the U.S. military during the Cold War.

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