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    NASA Aircraft

    Sep 16, 2025 · This NASA Aircraft page will showcase NASA’s aircraft operations that enable the Agency’s myriad missions, from preparing astronauts to go to space, to studying Earth from …

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    NASA Aircraft - NASA

    Feb 18, 2025 · Aircraft of every type, size, and purpose have contributed to aviation history as part of the many research and operational missions. flown by NASA and its predecessor, the …

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    Quesst - NASA

    Jun 12, 2025 · NASA's Quesst mission, which features the one-of-a-kind X-59 aircraft, will demonstrate technology to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, without …

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    X-Planes at Armstrong - NASA

    Sep 3, 2025 · NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission to gather information intended to help enable a new era of commercial supersonic air travel over …

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    NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

    Jan 12, 2024 · NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that …

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    Aircraft Operations - NASA

    Oct 2, 2025 · NASA JSC’s services in Aircraft Operations include various aircraft for a variety of purposes. From launch and landing imagery of space vehicles, providing critical in-flight …

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    X-43A Hyper-X - NASA

    Jan 5, 2024 · NASA made aviation history with the first successful flights of a scramjet-powered airplane at hypersonic speeds—greater than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.

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    X-15 Hypersonic Research Program - NASA

    Feb 28, 2014 · In 1952, NACA began preliminary research into space flight, and by 1954, the NACA’s Research Airplane Projects Panel identified the need for a new research aircraft to …

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    Aircraft List - NASA

    Aug 21, 2023 · The NASA Airborne Science Program aircraft list provides unique NASA aircraft and commercial aircraft that benefit the earth science community. These manned and …

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    Dynamics of Flight - NASA

    May 13, 2021 · When a plane travels the speed of sound the air waves gather together and compress the air in front of the plane to keep it from moving forward. This compression causes …