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The World’s Longest Flight Is No Joke, Here’s How Travelers Actually Get Through It

The world’s longest flight lasts nearly 20 hours, here’s how travelers survive the exhaustion, jet lag, and endless skies.

The world’s largest plane will transport wind turbines blades and fighter jets

A little-known company based in Boulder, Colorado, is pursuing an ambitious, borderline outlandish goal: creating the world’s ...

NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

NASA and Lockheed Martin have successfully tested a supersonic jet designed to minimize noise. The X-59 jet took its first ...

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic X-59 jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph — soared across the California ...

This drone’s wingspan rivals a 737—but it’s lighter than an NFL linebacker

This week, Seattle-based startup Radical revealed it has successfully tested a full-scale prototype of its super-thin, ...