NASA said it is moving to advance hypersonic flight research by issuing two new awards to study vehicle concepts capable of flying at least five times the speed of sound.
Northrop Grumman five-segment solid rocket boosters will power the first crewed flight of NASA’s Space Launch System as part of the Artemis II mission, launching from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center as early as February 6, 2026.
According to a press release from NASA, two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 aircraft have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
A Saturn-200 minisatellite developed by Blue Canyon Technologies, a small satellite manufacturer owned by RTX, has successfully launched in support of NASA’s Pandora mission.
The long-standing link between the Air Force Test Pilot School and the United States space programme continues with the appointment of Maj. Ross Elder to lead a NASA Mars mission.
NASA and L3Harris Technologies have successfully test-fired the second RS-25 engine for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will support NASA’s Artemis V mission.
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a supersonic aircraft designed to demonstrate reduced sonic boom levels.
BAE Systems has confirmed the successful launch of two spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, supporting NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NASA’s IMAP spacecraft, equipped with thrusters from L3Harris, is scheduled to launch on 24 September 2025 to study the heliosphere and its interaction with interstellar material.
AeroVironment, Inc., a leading American developer of autonomous systems, has revealed a new Mars mission concept named Skyfall, developed in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time the unique experimental plane has moved under its own power.
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NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have completed a joint test of a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel in Chofu, Japan.
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