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 ...

Boeing is getting ready to work on an experimental new plane that could help the United States cut carbon emissions from air travel. NASA recently unveiled the X-66A this month, a Boeing model ...

The Boeing aircraft’s design looks, at a glance, ... NASA Administrator Bill Nelson with a model of Boeing’s Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky.

Hype for a next-generation aircraft has been on hold with both Boeing and European rival Airbus as the companies cash in on older generation aircraft, or variations such as the 737 Max and A321neo.

The future of air travel: Nasa and Boeing test radical triangular plane ... With a 21-foot wingspan, the 500-pound aircraft is an 8.5 percent scale model of a heavy-lift, ...

NASA's goal is that the technologies tested for this project, in conjunction with other advancements in propulsion systems, materials, etc. might reduce emissions by up to 30 percent, compared with ...

NASA just unveiled a model of a green commercial ... or X-Planes." reiterated Charles Bolden, NASA's chief administrator, ... which NASA hopes could replace the Airbus 320 or Boeing 737 by 2030.

They hope the aircraft developed under the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project "will be a model for the next generation" of commercial planes. NASA to award $425m to Boeing for greener aircrafts.

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 ...