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After heavy structural modifications in Waco, Texas, NASA's 777 aircraft returns to Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

NASA’s 777 Flying Laboratory Touches Down At Langley

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 23, 2026

The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command’s highly secretive NT-43A has been spotted in Florida, apparently taking part in the preparations for the launch of NASA's long-delayed Artemis II lunar space mission.

World’s Most Secretive 737 Is Supporting NASA’s Historic Artemis II Launch

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 1, 2026

Nasa needs a new vomit comet services from a contractor.

NASA Needs A New Vomit Comet

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Feb 10, 2026

One of NASA's high-flying WB-57F research aircraft went skidding down the runway on its belly at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas, today.

NASA WB-57F Canberra Jet Makes Fiery Belly-Landing In Houston (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 27, 2026

NASA’s newest F-15Ds arrived at the Armstrong Flight Research Center late last month.

Legacy F-15 Eagles Boost NASA Test Fleet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 24, 2026

Open feuding between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, until recently close friends and political allies, has shone a particular light on how heavily reliant the U.S. government, and America's armed forces especially, has become on SpaceX.

This Is How U.S. National Security Has Become Dependent On SpaceX

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 6, 2025

NASA’s new flying laboratory, an ex-commercial Boeing 777 airliner, has arrived in Waco, Texas, for modifications ahead of its entry to service. The aircraft will replace the agency’s now-retired Douglas DC-8.

NASA’s ‘New’ Boeing 777 Undergoes Modifications For Its Future Flying Laboratory Role

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 21, 2025

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory banks low over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., upon arrival Nov. 8, 2007.

NASA’s DC-8 Flying Lab Flies Into Retirement, Making The Type Nearly Extinct

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 15, 2024

The US Air Force has confirmed a spate of drone incursions occurred at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in December 2023.

Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB For Weeks

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 15, 2024

QSRA (NASA-715) carrier trials onboard Kitty Hawk off San Diego, CA (Quiet Short-Haul Aircraft is a modified C-8A)

NASA’s Quiet Short Takeoff And Landing Test Jet Is Up For Sale

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 12, 2023

X-59 Supersonic Test Jet Looks Positively Sci-Fi Head-On

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 6, 2023

Image of satellite taken from another satellite

Check Out These Images Of A Satellite In Orbit Taken By Another Satellite

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 6, 2023

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Now Has Its Engine

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Now Has Its Engine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 15, 2022

This Is Why A NASA WB-57F Canberra Jet Is In South Korea

This Is Why A NASA WB-57F Canberra Jet Is In South Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 27, 2022

Kim Astronaut Pilot SEAL Doctor

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Behold The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet’s Absolutely Epic Schnoz

Behold The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet’s Absolutely Epic Schnoz

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 16, 2022