Found and Explained Official on MSN

How many jet engines is too many? Griffith VTO

In the 1950s, British engineer A.A. Griffith proposed a supersonic VTOL passenger jet powered by an unbelievable 68 jet ...

XTI Aerospace and Valkyrie AI Announce Vanguard Platform Advancing TriFan 600 Next-Generation VTOL Aircraft for Commercial and Defense Applications

AI, advanced materials and mesh intelligence for aerospace ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and DALLAS and AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27, 2025 ...
We Are The Mighty on MSN

This AI-powered fighter jet doesn’t need a pilot… or a runway

A scale model, not a production model, was unveiled by Shield AI. Still, the company noted that the aircraft will utilize a ...
MIT Technology Review

Inside the archives of the NASA Ames Research Center

The center hosts the world’s largest wind tunnel and a rich history of aerospace innovation, preserved in a striking visual ...
The Hill

Bill Nye visits DC to fight proposed cuts to NASA budget

Former television host Bill Nye “The Science Guy” visited Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate against President Trump’s budget for NASA. He’s the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit space ...
Florida Today

As the government shutdown continues, which parts of NASA and KSC remain open?

A U.S. government shutdown has furloughed over 15,000 nonessential NASA employees. Essential operations, including support for the International Space Station and Artemis moon missions, will continue.
The Motley Fool

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, as NASA Kicks Sierra Space to the Curb

NASA awarded Sierra Space's parent company part of a $14 billion ISS supply contract in 2016. Nearly 10 years later, everyone on that contract but Sierra Space is doing supply runs to ISS. Last week, ...
Mashable

NASA astronaut class appears to be first without Black recruits in 40 years

From top left to bottom right, the 2025 astronaut class: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, Rebecca Lawler, U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron Jones, Laura Edgar, Yuri Kubo, U.S. Air ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA equipment makes a surprise landing on West Texas farm

A quiet morning on a West Texas farm took an unexpected turn when Ann Walter and her family looked up and saw what appeared to be a massive parachute drifting silently across the sky. Walter was ...
CNN

With 15,000 workers furloughed and funds uncertain, NASA focuses on one mission — return to the moon

Some 15,000 NASA employees were sent home this week as a government shutdown began, halting work across much of an agency already grappling with budget cuts and widespread job losses. But at least one ...
Wired

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Wins Contract to Take NASA Rover to the Moon

The Amazon founder’s space company will transport NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole—if it proves capable of delivering a payload to the moon in an upcoming mission. NASA’s VIPER lunar rover ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA furloughs 83% of its federal workforce, more than 15,000 workers, during government shutdown

NASA has furloughed more than 15,000 employees, 83% of its federal workforce, as a result of the government shutdown. A plan sent to the Office of Management and Budget details NASA’s shutdown ...