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