The North American X-15 was a revolutionary rocket-powered aircraft from the 1960s designed to explore hypersonic flight at ...

On June 8, 1959, NASA's rocket-powered X-15 experimental plane made its first glide flight. The X-15 rocket plane was part of a series of experimental hypersonic aircraft. This flight marked the ...

ALIA, an electric-powered plane, took off on the first ever North American passenger flight Tuesday morning. In 49 minutes, the plane traveled from East Hampton to JFK. Courtesy of BETA Technologies ...