High-Speed Flight Project Overview – NASA
The High-Speed Flight (HSF) project develops technologies that make high-speed, air-breathing commercial flight possible from Mach 1 to Mach 5 and above.
HSF creates tools, technologies and knowledge that will help eliminate current technical barriers to practical supersonic flight, including the sonic boom. The project supports testing of the X-59 quiet supersonic vehicle by collecting acoustic data and validating tools that predict in-flight sonic booms.
HSF conducts fundamental and applied research that explores key challenges related to reusable hypersonic flight technology.
The project evaluates the potential of future commercial hypersonic vehicles, including reusable access to space and point-to-point commercial missions.
NASA has unique facilities, laboratories and experts studying areas of fundamental and applied research to solve the challenges of hypersonic flight. The High-Speed Flight project coordinates closely with partners in industry, academia and other government agencies to leverage relevant data sets to validate computational models. These partners also use NASA’s expertise, facilities and computing tools. Partnerships are essential to advancing the state of the art in hypersonic flight.
Contact the High Speed Flight Project by email at larc-htp-inquiries@mail.nasa.gov
