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Inside NASA’s X-59 Low-Boom Demonstrator

As the first major piloted NASA X-plane to fly in a generation and the first crewed, purpose-built U.S. high-speed research aircraft since the X-15 of the 1960s, the X-59 low-boom ...
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NASA's X-59 silences the sonic boom – 3-hour cross-country flights are back

NASA's X-59 successfully reduced sonic booms from thunder-level 105 decibels to whisper-quiet 75 decibels, potentially ending the 50-year supersonic flight ban.

SpaceX targets Sunday for next Starlink launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida

SpaceX plans two Starlink satellite launches next week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, starting Sunday night. Get ...
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NASA disqualifies X-ray telescope from Probe mission competition

NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on upheaval within NASA last year.
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NASA Thinks Boeing’s Starliner Can Fly in April, Which Is Hilarious

NASA engineers are targeting April for an uncrewed Starliner mission, with a crewed flight possible this fall, the agency’s commercial crew manager said Monday. Reading time 3 minutes Starliner’s ...
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Why NASA is bringing back the space plane concept

NASA’s Dream Chaser space plane is finally online after nearly two decades of development. Inspired by older NASA shuttle designs, Dream Chaser brings back the lifting-body space plane concept — but ...
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Here's What Makes NASA's WB-57 Aircraft So Special

At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, there are three remarkable aircraft that the agency uses for research missions referred to as the WB-57. NASA classifies it as a jet, but it's not quite the ...
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Here's What Makes NASA's WB-57 Aircraft So Special

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA research aircraft flying in the sky - Bluebarronphoto/Getty Images At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, there are three ...
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Poor weather forces NASA to push Crew-12 launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Monday morning, NASA announced that Crew-12 mission managers made the decision to delay the launch to Thursday, due to unfavorable weather conditions. Originally, NASA’s ...
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U.S. Supersonic Commercial Aircraft: Assessing NASA's High Speed Research Program

Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the OpenBook. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a PDF. Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this ...
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Starlab Completes NASA Commercial Critical Design Review

Starlab Space LLC, developer of a next-generation commercial space station, has successfully completed its Commercial Critical Design Review (CCDR) with NASA in attendance, marking a decisive ...
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NASA SpaceX Crew-12 rocket launch in Florida visible in these states

At 5:15 a.m. ET Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 − a Friday the 13th − four crew members from three space agencies, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12, launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Liftoff ...