Because of the X-43's design, NASA had to release it from a B-52 for it to fly. Once airborne, however, the flights were short-lived. NASA destroyed the first jet in 2001 when it malfunctioned ...

NASA married a scramjet to an experimental plane, called the X-43A Hyper-X. The X-43 began its existence as a concept in a NASA wind tunnel in 1996. It was considered a risky investment because no ...

Since 1951, NASA (known in those pre-space days as NACA) and the United States Air Force have used the “X” designation for experimental aircraft that push technological boundaries. The best ...

NASA has sent a whole host of spacecraft across the solar system and even beyond. They range from crewed ships to orbit and ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope detected two new streams of gas trailing behind a galaxy within a cluster called Zwicky 8338, ...

Aurora watchers could be in for a treat after the Sun blasted off a huge X-class flare this week. A sunspot region unleashed ...

Hurricane Milton has pushed the return to Earth of SpaceX's Crew-8 astronaut mission for NASA to no earlier than Sunday (Oct.

October 7, 2024 • A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the damage, with the goal of helping future asteroid deflection.

Space Launch Complex 40 is located just south of Kennedy Space Center. Once the Crew-9 duo launched, the Falcon 9 rocket ...

2024-09-28T11:04:43 ... NASA covers the SpaceX Crew-9 launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA covers the SpaceX Crew-9 launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Javascript must be enabled in order ...

The switch in rides left it to NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov to retrieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Since NASA rotates space station crews approximately every six ...