The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...
-Air-launched from a B-52, the X-15 reached a record-breaking speed of Mach 6.7 and flew high enough to earn astronaut wings for eight of its pilots. -While never intended as a weapon, the X-15 was a ...
Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi and Kirill Peskov made up NASA, SpaceX Crew-10. Anne McClain's Sept. 28, 2025, flight from LAX airport coincided with a SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg ...