NASA’s Shows Off Green, Quiet Supersonic Jet To Reshape Aviation: X-59 Test Flights Start 2024
NASA has officially unveiled the prototype of its strikingly elongated X-59 aircraft. Acting Administrator Robert Pearce hailed it as a "nearly 100-foot step forward" toward quiet supersonic travel over populated areas. Scheduled to start test flights in 2024, the US space agency hopes data gathered by the plane,...
Stanfords new method for recording bird flight in 3D shows how birds deform their wings
Engineers at Standford University have developed a new 3D method for recording the shape of birds’ wings during flight. Birds are able to deform their wings through an incredible range of shapes. But up until now we’ve known little about the angle, twist and asymmetries of each...