NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet returned to base just nine minutes into its second test flight on March 20, 2026, after a ...

A rendering of Aurora's X-65 aircraft for DARPA's Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) project. (Aurora Flight Sciences) The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's ...

During the late 1940s and early 1950s, supersonic flights were still a new idea. The US Air Force and NACA (now NASA) engineers wanted to study supersonic flight, not only at Mach 1 but also at Mach 2 ...

STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this weekend in advance of the next test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship ...

SpaceX’s Starship ascends on the Flight 11 launch Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March as SpaceX enters a critical ...

Coming off a successful flight test in August, SpaceX will try to continue Starship's redemption story with its next launch. This time, Elon Musk's space company will attempt a new landing strategy ...

The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:23 p.m. CT. It launched. Goals of Starship Flight 11: ** Good** Test new ...

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

Final prototype to expand flight test capacity and enable public demonstrations Initial all-electric testing ahead of hybrid-electric flights in 2026 Vertical progresses towards full piloted ...