Agency says the experimental, quiet aircraft is expected to break the sound barrier in early June.
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane is about to begin a new block of test flights that will include its first time ...
A " son of Concorde " that could fly from London to New York in under four hours may be days away from its first supersonic ...
NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to ...
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 ...
A radical aircraft design is about to attempt something aviation has struggled with for decades, and it could change how we ...
PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 supersonic aircraft, designed to reduce sonic booms to quiet "thumps," is nearing its maiden flight after completing initial taxi tests. The X-59's test flights aim to ...
A next-generation aircraft dubbed the “son of Concorde” could make its first supersonic flight within days as NASA prepares ...