Retired Air Force major-general Robert M. White, the first human to break Mach 6 and the test pilot who took the X-15 into space, has died at 85. The LA Times remembers him. Explore more on these ...

A military pilot who calls San Diego home may get the chance to serve her country on a new mission to the moon, or possibly Mars. Katherine Spies was among 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots ...

NASA test pilot Suni Williams, a Needham native, will become the commander during her unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station.

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet completed its inaugural flight on Tuesday morning, October 28, over Southern California's Mojave Desert, approximately one hour after sunrise. The experimental aircraft took ...

NASA has begun testing a new supersonic aircraft, almost 22 years after Concorde flew its last passenger service. The “quiet” X-59 research aircraft – 99.7 feet long, with a wingspan of 29.7 feet – is ...