With deliveries of the jumbo jet having only ceased in recent years, the type looks set to continue flying for several ...

But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in ... at some five times the cost of flying on a 747, which is largely why the plane ...

NASA's Gulfstream G-III will use lidar technology to scan contrails of GE's Boeing 747 An inflight engine failure suffered by a cargo 747-400 involved a smaller version of the PW4000 that failed ...

NASA has converted a 747 jumbo jet into a flying telescope. The Stratospheric Observatory of Infrared Astronomy flies high above the clouds to capture information about the stars. Video courtesy ...

NASA says that this type of aircraft, which would have a wingspan slightly greater than a Boeing 747, could operate from existing airport terminals.