NASA is working on photophoretic levitation to uase light-induced heating to create a force that lifts and propels specially designed structures in rarefied ...

Another air record has been (unofficially) broken as a prop-driven solar/electric aircraft reached the highest altitude yet ...

Potential record-setting flight pushes the boundaries of sustainable aircraft ahead of an attempted stratospheric flight.

Top that off with the awesome-looking, specially designed pressure suits made for wear by SR-71 pilots, and it’s no wonder ...

The achievement is "one of those unforgettable peaks that define great human and technological adventures," the SolarStratos ...

An image has surfaced showing what appears to be a Chinese high-altitude, tailless unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with striking ...

On a summer afternoon high above the Swiss Alps, Raphaël Domjan stared out at a commercial airliner flying below him. At 9,500 meters (31,000 feet), Domjan was alone in a featherlight aircraft powered ...

In November 2023, a ghost from the Cold War era resurfaced. The M-55 Geofizika, a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, once ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in conjunction with the Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O); the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund with the Office of the Assistant Secretary ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday.

The WB-57 plane can fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet, well above any clouds and high enough that Earth’s atmosphere won’t interfere as much with the observations.