When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The X-59 is finally here. As NASA's newest X-plane, the X-59 is designed to break the sound ...

NASA’s F-15 jets tested supersonic tools for X-59 in May Mojave flights Shock-sensing probes validated for quiet X-59 ...

The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to address one of the primary challenges to supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. Lockheed Martin Skunk ...

NASA's Quesst ("Quiet SuperSonic Technology") mission recently reached a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed by ...

Read about NASA's recent test flights using F-15 jets, which support the Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or Quesst, program.

The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to address one of the primary challenges to supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. [Courtesy: Lockheed ...

NASA's Quesst Mission Integration Manager, said in a statement in April. The X-59 is scheduled to take flight this year. Once fully operational and tested, NASA plans to fly the aircraft over ...

Though the X-59 is not a prototype ... Dubbed the Quiet Supersonic Technology or QueSST for short, NASA's mission will operate through 2027 and aims to have its first flight later this year.

Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs of the jet's engines at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility ...

Imagine flying faster than the speed of sound. With its X-59, NASA could re-open the door to supersonic travel, this time without the explosive boom. Claire Reilly Former Principal Video Producer ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works debuted the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft in Palmdale, California. In line with NASA's ongoing Quesst mission, the success of the X-59's launch brings us one ...

The one-of-a-kind X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental aircraft is part of NASA’s Low Boom Flight Demonstration project aimed at collecting data to help shape regulations for ...