At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, there are three remarkable aircraft that the agency uses for research missions referred to as the WB-57. NASA classifies it as a jet, but it's not quite the ...

HOUSTON (CW39) – When a NASA aircraft makes an unexpected landing, many may wonder what kind of plane it is and why it’s flying in the Houston area. A WB-57 is part of NASA’s High Altitude Research ...

A NASA research aircraft crashed in a fiery landing accident, but luckily none of the crew aboard the jet were harmed. One of NASA's high-altitude WB-57 research jets skidded across the runway ...

Dramatic video footage showed flames billowing from the bottom of a NASA research plane as it made an emergency belly landing at a Texas airport Tuesday. The NASA WB-57 aircraft was forced to slide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are working to find out more details about a potential incident at Ellington Airport late Tuesday morning. Views from Air 11 ...

The two-person crew of a NASA plane is safe after the aircraft’s landing gear failed, leading to a fiery belly landing at a Houston airfield on Tuesday. According to the Federal Aviation ...

A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to ...

HOUSTON — A NASA research aircraft made a gear-up landing at Ellington Airport late Tuesday morning after experiencing a mechanical issue, according to NASA. Cellphone video shared with KHOU 11 shows ...

HOUSTON — A NASA aircraft suffered a mechanical issue during an incident late Tuesday morning at an airport in Houston, Texas. According to a statement from Houston Airports, a NASA aircraft had an ...