China's mysterious 'Divine Dragon' space plane launches for fourth secretive mission

China's secretive Shenlong space plane, also known as the 'Divine Dragon', has been sent into orbit for a fourth time, with the craft's mission shrouded in mystery ...

'Divine Dragon': What Is China's Secret Reusable Spacecraft, In Orbit Again For Fourth Time Since 2020?

No one, however, really knows what the Shenlong spacecraft is doing up there leaving experts confused and in search of answers to decipher its true purpose ...

USPS Launches New Priority Mail Stamps

According to USPS, the new Priority Mail stamp is priced to match the Priority Mail Flat-Rate Envelope, and the new Priority ...

Why the SpaceX IPO Will Be Good, Bad, and Ugly for Other Space Stocks

By at least one measure, though, a 2026 SpaceX IPO is likely to be the biggest one in history. Musk reportedly hopes to raise as much as $50 billion, eclipsing Saudi Aramco's 2019 IPO, which raised ...
Popular Science

Gaze into the Milky Way’s black hole with NASA’s ‘back catalog’ of X-ray data

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory is considered one of the agency ...
SlashGear

NASA's Ultra-Quiet X-59 Aircraft Just Took To The Skies For The First Time

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...
Flightglobal

NASA reveals details of X-59’s first flight, describes programme as ‘validation’

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...
BGR

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...
Mashable

NASA's prospective boss posts 2,000 words on X. It's damage control.

Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire who personally funded and commanded SpaceX's Polaris Dawn all-civilian mission in 2024, is up for the NASA administrator job again. Credit: Jonathan Newton / The ...
SlashGear

NASA X-59 Top Speed: How Fast Can The Supersonic Jet Travel?

The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst, which stands for "Quiet SuperSonic Technology," is an experimental aircraft developed by Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works. That's the same organization that developed ...
The Hill

NASA tests low-volume supersonic jet that could slash air travel time

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound. The X-59 aircraft soared Tuesday ...
New York Post

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...