NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
In 1963, a routine X-15 test flight climbed just a little higher than planned, carrying pilot Joseph Walker beyond the Kármán Line and into space. This is the precise chain of decisions, physics, and ...
The C-17 Globemaster III uses a military-specific variant of the Pratt & Whitney PW2000 engine family, while the Boeing 757 ...