The Martin WB-57F, with a NASA logo on its tail, climbed into the troposphere on a mission called POSIDON, an investigation of cirrus clouds and other atmospheric phenomena. Porpoising between ...

Despite extensive efforts, including NASA's high-tech WB-57F plane, no clear answers have emerged. Despite the deployment of sophisticated countermeasures and investigatory resources, the origins ...

Four scientists in two WB-57 flights will fly at 50,000ft (15,240m) along the eclipse's path of totality, collecting data on the Sun's corona. Mallory Yates, who will be an equipment operator on ...

A nearly simultaneous investigation used unique equipment installed in NASA's WB-57F research aircraft to chase the eclipse shadow, making observations only accessible from a bird's eye view.

The Americans even decided to deploy a NASA WB-57F aircraft near the facility, which is usually used for rocket testing, to better understand the problem's scale. The presence of drones near the ...