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Bringing Back Supersonic Flight

NASA’s Quesst mission, featuring the one‑of‑a‑kind X‑59 aircraft, will demonstrate technology to fly supersonic—faster than the speed of sound—without the disruptive sonic boom. In the latest episode of NASA’s "Small Steps, Giant Leaps" podcast, lead pilot Nils Larson discusses how the X‑59 could help usher in the next era of commercial supersonic flight.

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NASA’s Artemis II Rocket and Spacecraft Make Their Way to Launch Pad

NASA’s massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carried the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II mission.

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