At what's now NASA's Langley Research Center, the NACA experimented with wing shapes, built early wind tunnels and helped develop the X-1, the first airplane to break the sound barrier.

The electric aircraft, dubbed X-57 Maxwell, just began high-voltage functional ground testing and is one step closer to its first flight.

NASA shared the first details on the maiden flight of the X-59 experimental aircraft. we're still waiting for confirmation on ...

NASA’s other work in airplanes includes making shapeshifting wings for aircraft and crash-testing planes to improve safety features.

Lockheed’s secretive Skunk Works unit unveiled the X-59 design in early 2024. It has a projected speed of about 925 mph, or 1 ...

Like with space programs, NASA has launched a private-public program with Boeing for the next generation airliner, greener and more fuel efficient.

NASA’s compendium of experimental aircraft, or X-planes, speaks to the agency’s long history of sussing out the future of flight.

On 1965, NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. This oversized aircraft looks a bit like a giant flying whale. It was built by a company called Aero Spacelines and based on the ...

Most people don’t know this, but NASA doesn’t only work in exploring space. Its contribution to airplane technology—National Aeronautics and Space Administration—has been crucial to the ...

Two NASA aircraft will carry out low-altitude flights and maneuvers over the L.A. Basin, Central Valley and Salton Sea between June 29 and July 2.

NASA has been flying unmanned aircraft for a while, but until now they’ve needed chase planes, sort of like autonomous flight training wheels that act as the aircraft’s “eyes” to avoid ...

May 2, 2022 NASA’s X-57 ‘Maxwell,’ Its First Electric Airplane, Will Start Test Flights Next Month Meanwhile, the agency's supersonic X-59 QueSST has completed wind-tunnel and stress tests.