Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, NASA’s Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are ...

NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time

NASA’s experimental X-59 plane is one step closer to making faster-than-sound flight quiet after the aircraft flew supersonic ...

OTD in Space – June 8: X-15 Makes First Glide Flight

On June 8, 1959, NASA's rocket-powered X-15 experimental plane made its first glide flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

Watch NASA's new experimental jet break the sound barrier for the first time

NASA is testing the X-59, an experimental plane that was designed to exceed the speed of sound without a loud sonic boom.
Good Morning America

Taking flight aboard the first all-electric plane

ABC News transportation correspondent Gio Benitez takes flight on Beta Technologies' new all-electric aircraft.