On Aug. 21, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the Boeing-built X-37B Space Force space plane to orbit on its eighth mission.

This week on Space Beat, Rob and Space reporter Brooke Edwards discuss the NASA directive to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s.

SpaceX is preparing to launch two missions this week - a NASA space station resupply mission and the mysterious Space Force X-37B space plane.

June 23, 2025 NASA is flying planes at low altitudes in the Philly area this week To allow researchers to collect air samples, pilots are executing vertical spins and lower than commercial airlines.

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has begun low-speed taxi tests, a final step before its first flight later this year. The X-59 is designed to reduce sonic booms to a "gentle thump ...

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an eight-week summer internship for top undergraduate STEM students, will conduct low-altitude flights over several areas in California.

Residents in Baltimore and nearby cities should prepare to spot some very low-flying planes this week, NASA officials announce. These special flights, part of an atmospheric research campaign, ...

On August 31, 1965, NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. This oversized aircraft looks a bit like a ...

NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an eight-week summer internship for top undergraduate STEM students, will conduct low-altitude flights over several areas in California.