A demonstration model of the X-66 plane in a wind tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center. The X-66 is tested in wind tunnels before Boeing makes modifications to a real airplane.

T he Boeing 747 continues to be recognized as one of the most iconic commercial jets of all time. Originally introduced in ...

Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with a Space Shuttle perched on top. It is effectively two sets in ...

NASA's prototype orbiter Enterprise, atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, departed Dryden (today, Armstrong) Flight Research Center in California on May 16, 1983, on the first leg of its ...

Boeing and NASA will pause work on a new, experimental aircraft design meant to deliver more sustainable options for the future of aviation. The aircraft project — called the X-66A Sustainable ...

"The Boeing aircraft features an elegant fuselage design, deployable 18-wheel landing gear and a shuttle mounting system. The NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise model comes with an attachable tail cone ...

At the start of the project, NASA committed to spend $425 million on the aircraft’s development, while Boeing and industry partners committed to $725 million. The prototype aircraft was set for ...

Despite the Starliner debacle, NASA is standing by Boeing and expressed confidence in the aerospace company. The reasons are complex and have a lot to do with SpaceX and Elon Musk.

NASA plans to hold an unprecedented agency-level readiness review as early as the end of next week to decide if Boeing's Starliner capsule can safely bring its two crew members back to Earth, a ...

As the fracas between Elon Musk and President Trump escalated last week to the point of Musk threatening to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, NASA revealed even more delays to ...

Near Earth Autonomy’s drone-based remote aircraft inspection system surveys a Boeing 777-300ER at an Emirates Airlines facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Courtesy: Near Earth Autonomy ...