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NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...
AOL

NASA's Ultra-Quiet X-59 Aircraft Just Took To The Skies For The First Time

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...
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NASA, Lockheed's supersonic X-59 'returned prematurely' on second flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59-a prototype design for a quiet, supersonic commercial airliner-"returned prematurely" to Edwards Air Force Base (KEDW) in California during its second flight Friday, ...
Mirage News

There's No Place Like NASA's New X-59 Hangar Home

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic airplane sits parked in front of its new hangar home at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research ...
Aviation Week

NASA’s X-59 Returns To Flight After False Positive Cockpit Warning

NASA’s Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator returned to the air with flights on March 26 and 27. Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and ...
The National Interest

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 supersonic speeds—at least for now. NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft, part ...
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Retired Oregon Air National Guard F-15s Enter NASA Service to Chase X-59 Supersonic Plane

At the time when most of us were getting ready to unpack our Christmas gifts, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was already celebrating: on December 22, it received two F ...