However, instead of a Block 2 booster on Pad 1, this is Booster 19, a Block 3 booster, mounted on SpaceX’s newest launch pad, Pad 2. This launch pad has been under construction for the past 22 months ...

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.

How NASA used a modified Schweizer SGS 1-36 sailplane in the 1980s to study deep-stall flight and high-angle-of-attack ...

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 ...

When aerospace engineers talk about the future of flight, liquid hydrogen (LH2) is often part of the conversation. It is lightweight, energy-dense and carbon-free at the point of use. But storing and ...

SpaceX is lining up its next Starship test in the coming weeks as it eyes a mid-2027 Starlink upgrade and weighs xAI-era ambitions.

Two landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines were briefly on the moon at the same time in March 2025.

Randy Rolston has identified a new search area in the Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished 12 years ...

After spending a few months in Mega Bay 2 fully stacked, Ship 39 – the first V3 Ship – has rolled to Masseys for cryogenic proof testing. This is a key milestone ahead of Flight 12, with its partner, ...

The unexpected glitch and the consequent rollback has ruled out the March 6 launch window that Nasa had initially set. The space agency now hopes to keep the April 2026 opportunities open, starting as ...

Future missions to Mars may want to dig into ice rather than rock. Scientists say ancient microbes, or traces of them, could be locked inside Martian ...

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...