NASA's X-59 supersonic demonstrator sits partially disassembled at Armstrong Flight Research Center following its October ...
Can supersonic flight ever return to the skies in a way that’s quiet, sustainable, and legal over land? That’s the question NASA hopes to answer with its sleek, needle-nosed experimental jet, the X-59 ...
There hasn't been a supersonic commercial aircraft since the retirement of the Concorde in 2003. NASA is trying to change that. The Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST will test technology to fly faster, ...
It was back in 2016 when American space agency NASA kicked off a program called the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) and now, nine years later, we have the first tangible results of this effort: ...
(via NASA) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, departing from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, ...
A "son of Concorde" that could take you from New York to London in under four hours is a step closer to take-off. NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, ...
NASA’s Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration ...