NASA Armstrong adds two retired F-15 jets to support supersonic research for the X-59, enabling high-altitude flights and ...
NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by ...
NASA has received two F-15 jets which had been retired by the US Air Force in order to advance its supersonic research ...
After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...
The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission ...
Key Points and Summary - The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into the hypersonic regime. -Air-launched from a B-52, three X-15s flew ...