When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...

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NASA isn't just considering a futuristic plane on Mars. It's developing the future of your commercial planes, too. The space ...

NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique "sonic thumps" that its quiet supersonic X-59 ...

NASA will use 30 ground recording stations to monitor the sound produced by the X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft. Learn more ...

SEE ALSO: NASA reveals its X-plane. It will fly over the U.S. at extreme speeds. The model, with a six-foot wingspan, shows the major X-66 innovation: a "transonic truss-braced wing," wherein ...

The agency said Thursday the new technology, a shock-sensing probe, will be instrumental in validating computer models and ...

For some reason, that's the picture that popped into my head when seeing NASA's X-66 experimental aircraft undergoing wind tunnel testing. The X-66 has been in the news before, but given how it's ...

Sometimes you see a vintage plane that makes you scratch your head. Case in point is the US Air Force's X-29 of the 1980s ...