The X-59 QueSST aims to be the first supersonic aircraft to reduce the "boom" to a "thumb" and overcome one of the great ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft continues to make progress toward its first flight with a new successful round of testing. The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier ...

Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over ...

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On July 18, 2025, NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic research aircraft basked in golden light on the ramp at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility before being put through a series of ground tests.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jet being developed for NASA in the Southern California desert that aims to achieve supersonic flight without sonic booms has ...

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...

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 ...

July 22 (UPI) --NASA's quest for a quieter supersonic jet passed an early test after its X-59 aircraft was able to taxi at low speed at a manufacturing plant in California. The space agency on Tuesday ...

American space agency NASA released new images of the first flight of the X-59, but also details on what's next for the program.

PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet ...