How the T-38 Talon became America's first supersonic trainer, shaping USAF pilot training and NASA astronaut missions for six decades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space Shuttle Endeavour is ferried by NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft over Houston on Sept. 19, 2012. Photo taken by NASA ...

NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from Ellington Field on Feb. 11, 2026, as a waning crescent Moon hovers above. Koch ...