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Second test flight of NASA’s quiet X-59 supersonic jet ends early after in-flight glitch
NASA’s experimental X-59 supersonic jet, developed under the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator program, was forced to end its ...
Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: ...
NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...
The X-59 is the product of a research program NASA started back in 2016 with Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works. The program is ...
NASA's quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft completed its second test flight, marking the start of an expanded flight campaign ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59-a prototype design for a quiet, supersonic commercial airliner-"returned prematurely" to ...
Lockheed Martin designed NASA's Quesst mission. An experimental aircraft called X-59 is being tested as a significant part of ...
NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
The National Interest on MSN
The X-59 ‘Quesst’ Plane Just Took Its Second Flight
Though the X-59 was designed to negate the “sonic boom” typically found on supersonic aircraft, it has stayed well short of ...
A NASA jet designed for quiet supersonic flight has been named the "Coolest Thing Made in California" for 2025. The X-59 aircraft aims to reduce the sound of a sonic boom to a gentle "thump." Built by ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN
X-59: NASA’s ‘silent’ supersonic jet plans 260 mph at 20,000 feet in second test
NASA is officially ready to put its X-59 experimental aircraft back in the sky ...
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