This graphic illustrates the evolution of satellites designed to measure ancient light leftover from the big bang that created our…
The Colorado Plateau spans northern Arizona, southern Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. This physiographic province is well known…
The Bell X-1 rocket plane was the first to break the supposed sound barrier (or Mach 1) on Oct. 14,…
Two retired NASA T-38 trainers mounted on a transport pallet atop a mobile transporter are positioned for loading aboard NASA’s…
As the Super Guppy in the background awaits its cargo, workmen secure the second retired T-38 to its transport pallet…
On March 21, 2013, the P-3B aircraft waits outside the hangar at Thule Air Base with the Greenland Ice sheet…
The X-53 was a modified F/A-18 fighter used for a joint Air Force, Boeing and NASA project called the Active…
NASA continued to explore new aircraft designs capable of reducing the noise level of sonic booms by test flying an…
The first plane to reach Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, was the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket. Civilian test…
Perhaps the most famous of the X-planes is the North American X-15 rocket plane. During its 199 test flights between…
