NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 could slash coast-to-coast flight times — and silence the sonic boom

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight in California this week. If successful, the ...

Nasa’s X-59 jet breaks the sound barrier without the boom, the future of flight just got real

NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 supersonic jet on its inaugural flight over California's Mojave Desert, validating ...

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...
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NASA, Lockheed Complete Initial X-59 Flight Test

X-59 takes its maiden flight from Lockheed's Skunk Works in Palmdale to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, ...

Watch Nasa’s ‘Son of Concorde’ supersonic plane of the future take off on maiden flight – complete with sonic ‘thump’

WATCH as engineers get one step closer to supersonic travel for the first time since Concorde, after NASA’s “sonic thump” ...
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NASA’s X-59 First Flight Signals Quiet Supersonic Revolution

Could the future of air travel finally outrun the sound barrier without shattering the peace below? NASA and Lockheed ...
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on ...

Watch: Nasa’s supersonic passenger plane makes first flight

Passengers are one step closer to flying supersonic for the first time since Concorde’s retirement after Nasa took its “sonic ...

NASA's supersonic jet completes its first flight in California

Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first ...
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How NASA's X-59 supersonic jet could revolutionize air travel

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59, a silent supersonic jet, could drastically reduce coast-to-coast flight times and eliminate ...

Story of NASA Ames and its 80×120-foot wind tunnel that changed future of flight

How NASA Ames’ 80×120-foot wind tunnel became the beating heart of American aeronautics, testing everything from spacecraft ...
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NASA’s X-59 QueSST Aircraft Could Bring Back Commercial Supersonic Flight

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream lives ...