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NASA’s X-59 QueSST, or Quiet SuperSonic Technology, was conceived in a focused effort to resolve that pain point of air ...
NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been ...
Unveiling the Future of Supersonic Travel! NASA and Lockheed Martin join forces to create the game-changing X-59 Quesst, designed to revolutionize supersonic airline travel. Discover the ...
NASA achieves a major milestone with the successful completion of the X-59 engine burn test, in preparation for test flights in 2025.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, in this image from Oct. 30, 2024. NASA/Carla Thomas Why ...
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over land quieter.
NASA recently took its new X-59 "quiet' supersonic jet for a drive during taxi tests, one of the final hurdles between the aircraft and its first flight.
If everything goes according to plan, NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program will produce its first results as soon as this year, as the demonstrator plane built for it, the X-59 ...
NASA's X-59 supersonic jet, dubbed the "son of Concorde," has completed low-speed taxi tests, advancing toward its first flight. Engineered with "quiet supersonic technology," it aims to minimize ...
Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works for NASA’s Quesst mission, the X-59 aims to make commercial supersonic travel quieter by reducing the sonic boom to a soft thump.
NASA is trying to change that. The Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST will test technology to fly faster, quieter, and more efficiently, and data gathered from the X-59 will pave the way for commercial ...
NASA's X-59 aircraft was put through its paces for cruising high above the California – all without ever leaving the hangar.