NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft is pushing the boundaries of supersonic flight, as engineers conduct a series of innovative ...

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NASA is continuing to speed up the rate of X-59 flight tests as the Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator program builds up to its first Mach 1 faster-than-sound milestone flight. The needle nose ...

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59, a prototype quiet supersonic jet, made a safe but premature return during its second test flight before reaching its planned speed and altitude objectives. The X-59 is ...

NASA's X-59 is taking slow steps towards supersonic flight, beginning taxiing tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The final part of Phase One development, it's the precursor to ...

The X-59 has flown on nine more occasions, most recently on April 14 when it accomplished some of its biggest feats to date while cruising over the Mojave Desert in California. This time around, ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...