From the heartbreak of an early flight failure to a resounding triumph over the Norwegian Sea, the Boundary Layer Transition and Turbulence (BOLT) Program spent nearly a decade launching rockets into ...

After ten years of relentless research and experimentation, scientists have made major strides in understanding the aerodynamic mysteries of hypersonic flight—thanks to the BOLT and BOLT II projects.

Outfitted with more than 400 sensors, the BOLT II flight experiment led by Texas A&M University launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on March 22nd, 2022. It’s aim: to capture data on how ...