Boeing and NASA have completed two initial wind-tunnel tests using small-scale models of X-66, the in-development trussed-braced-wing demonstrator. The company disclosed the milestone on 4 March, ...
Aerodynamic and structural data on the X-66 were obtained from wind tunnel tests of a 5.3%-scale model in the Transonic Unitary Plan Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. Credit: ...
NASA isn't just considering a futuristic plane on Mars. It's developing the future of your commercial planes, too. The space agency's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project — intended to slash the ...