NASA is flying a modified U-2 spy plane to study how wildfires can create storms

NASA is using a modified version of the U-2 spy plane, created during the Cold War, to study one of Earth’s least understood ...

NASA’s next flying lab readies for takeoff after new paint job

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A special high-altitude NASA plane will chase the solar eclipse at 50,000 feet. Take a look.

During Wednesday's total solar eclipse, NASA's WB-57 high-altitude aircraft will take high-resolution images for researchers to study.
Bluewin

NASA is using a reconnaissance aircraft to study how wildfires generate storms

It once spied on the Soviet Union; today, it chases “fire storms”: Using a legendary Cold War-era aircraft, NASA is studying ...

Rare government plane spotted flying back to the US

A NASA WB-57 research plane was seen flying from Reykjavik.

Why NASA flew a repurposed Cold War spy plane over B.C.'s wildfires

A high-altitude research aircraft from NASA flew over British Columbia's wildfires over the weekend in a bid to better ...

NASA aircraft are chasing giant fire clouds over Utah: These towering smoke-filled clouds can punch high into Earth's atmosphere

NASA's aerial teams are conducting studies on distinctive pyrocumulonimbus clouds formed by wildfires in Utah. These ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
The Weather Network on MSN

Why did NASA fly a former Cold War spy plane over B.C. wildfires?

NASA recently used a high-altitude aircraft, once a Cold War spy plane, to fly over B.C. wildfires last weekend as part of ...
AOL

NASA Plane Erupts in Flames in Dramatic Landing After 'Technical Malfunction'

A NASA research plane burst into flames after making a belly landing in Houston following a technical malfunction. The NASA WB-57 aircraft experienced a “mechanical issue” as it landed without landing ...
Phys.org

Video shows flames flying from NASA plane that touched down without landing gear

A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to ...