Inside NASA's Prototype Lab Where Model Planes Take Flight

The lab's model airplanes are used to test cutting edge aeronautical ideas like crash-avoidance and more efficient rocket launches.

Mar 22nd, 2017

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands on the surface of Mars, April 19, 2021.

NASA's Mars Helicopter Takes Flight

It's the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet.

SpaceX Crew 2 members, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide gather at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021 to prepare for a mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for April 22.

SpaceX to Build Lunar Lander

The craft will eventually put the first woman and person of color on the moon.

Boeing Countersued by Air Force One Subcontractor

The company Boeing accused of causing delays is now seeking $20 million in damages.

The local surface of Bennu, April 7, 2021.

NASA Spacecraft Leaves Mess After Grabbing Asteroid Samples

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft made one final flyby of asteroid Bennu to take photos in the aftermath of October’s sample collection.

The crew for SpaceX's third astronaut launch to the International Space Station during a training session in Hawthorne, Calif.

SpaceX, NASA Give 'Go' for Astronaut Launch

This will be the first crew flight using a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule.

In this May 14, 2020 file photo, several dozen mothballed Delta Air Lines jets are parked on a closed runway at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Mo. Delta Air Lines says it lost $1.2 billion in the first quarter, but the airline thinks it can by profitable by late summer unless there's a resurgence of COVID-19. Delta reported the results on Thursday, April 15, 2021.

Delta Reports $1.2B Loss

But recovery is on the radar.

French pilot Vincent Reffet, left, and his mentor Yves Rossy prepare for a fly in Dubai, May 12, 2015.

Dubai 'Jetman' Didn't Deploy Chute in Fatal Crash

Investigators gave no explanation for why Vincent Reffet didn't use his parachute during the ill-fated training flight.

The New Shepard rocket lifts off during a test in West Texas, April 14, 2021.

Crew Rehearsal Moves Blue Origin Closer to Human Flight

Two employees strapped into the rocketship but left before it was launched to the edge of space.

Site of a Beechcraft King Air twin-engine plane crash, Mokuleia, Hawaii, June 22, 2019.

Aggressive Takeoff Caused Hawaii Plane Crash

The crash was one of the most deadly in U.S. civil aviation in recent memory.

In this Oct. 1, 2020 file photo, traffic passes the Boeing airplane production plant, in Everett, Wash. U.S. manufacturers expanded in March 2021 at the fastest pace in 37 years, a sign of strengthening demand as the pandemic wanes and government emergency aid flows through the economy.

Boeing Sees Uptick in Airplane Orders

A deal with Southwest helped to offset another round of cancellations for its 737 Max airliner.

Undated handout photograph from the state-run WAM news agency showing Emirati astronauts Mohammed al-Mulla, left, and Noura al-Matroushi.

UAE Names New Astronauts, Including First Woman

Noura al-Matroushi, an engineer at National Petroleum Construction Co., was selected from more than 4,000 applicants.

State Proposal Targets Boeing Plant Pollution

The cleanup will cost millions and take decades in removing cancer-causing pollutants.