Douglas continued to build the DC-8 until 1972, with a total of 556 aircraft. NASA modified the Douglas jetliner to be a flying science laboratory from Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, ...

Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15 p.m., the same time four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon aircraft were inbound ...

Since 1987, a highly modified McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft has been a workhorse in NASA's Airborne Science Program (ASP)-see Photo 1. The aircraft, located at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research ...

The NASA History Office brings you the new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News & Notes reflecting on some of the ...

The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a contract involving its P-8 Poseidon aircraft. The award has been offered by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, PA. Valued at $37.1 ...

Notably, the P-8 in service with the Indian Navy is a unique variant called the P-8I Poseidon. All other aircraft are the P-8A Poseidon variant used by the US Navy and US allies. The Poseidon is ...

Colombo: The crash of Sri Lankan Air Force's China-made K-8 trainer jet in the Wariyapola area on Friday has raised serious concerns about the safety and operational readiness of the remaining ...

NASA's celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they would fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again.

Ron DeSantis said of moving NASA’s headquarters there. "Right now the Feds are planning on a building a new, expensive headquarters in DC for NASA — even though very few NASA employees have ...

For the task at hand NASA partnered not long ago with aerospace giant Boeing to build a demonstrator aircraft that's known as the X-66. The plane will not be built from the ground up, but will ...

Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15 p.m., the same time four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon aircraft were inbound ...