NASA has converted a 747 jumbo jet into a flying telescope. The Stratospheric Observatory of Infrared Astronomy flies high above the clouds to capture information about the stars. Video courtesy ...

NASA's Gulfstream G-III will use lidar technology to scan contrails of GE's Boeing 747 An inflight engine failure suffered by a cargo 747-400 involved a smaller version of the PW4000 that failed ...

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in-83 chance of hitting the Earth ... It will arrive on December 22 and will make a 'very close approach' - ...

The asteroid is estimated to measure 40 metres (131 feet) and 100 metres (328 feet) wide, which is between the length of a Boeing 747 or the height ... After the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial ...