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NASA almost flew a 10-engine behemoth with a cockpit stuck on top and a mission to haul Saturn V rocket parts. Nicknamed the ...
Launch pad in space? Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as cosmic equivalent ...
NASA and Boeing have effectively cancelled the X-66 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept demonstrator aircraft.
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NASA and Boeing have decided to halt the development of the X-66, an experimental aircraft with ultrathin wings and a lattice ...
Boeing and NASA are to pause development of the X-66 flight demonstrator to focus their research on the evolution of long, ...
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.
Manufacturer proposes to instead focus its efforts on developing thin-wing technology, which it believes may have broader ...
Boeing and NASA will pause work on the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, an experimental plane design featuring long, ...
For years American space agency NASA has been trying to turn its ideas for the aviation industry into a reality. The organization is actively working on projects that are meant to make flying more ...
A Boeing-built X-66 full-span model underwent testing in the 11-Foot Transonic Unitary Plan Facility at NASA's Ames Research ...
It’s gathering “extremely precise” wind measurements using an instrument that sends out 200 laser pulses per second from an aircraft ... off aerosol particles, NASA’s able to create ...