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When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft has cleared electromagnetic testing, confirming its systems will work…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine…
NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The…
Editor’s note: This article was edited April 16, 2025, to note that the mid-field probe was in development at the…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team preparing NASA’s X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to…
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of…
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique – it’s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without causing…
A climactic curtain drop reveals the newly painted red, white, and blue X-59 aircraft during its rollout ceremony on Jan.…
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on…
Editor’s Note: This advisory was revised Thursday, Jan. 11, to include a new contact for reporters wishing to participate in…
It’s almost time for NASA’s supersonic X-59 airplane to make its red, white, and blue public debut, and you’re invited…
It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk…
As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids,…
Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut…
NASA’s Quesst mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024. A one-of-a-kind experimental…
Early in the blockbuster movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” U.S. Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell takes the secret hypersonic “Darkstar” airplane…
NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event
This series of images shows NASA’s X-59 as it sits on the flight line — the space between the hangar…
NASA will deliver the results to U.S. and international regulators, who will consider new rules that would lift the ban…
Before the X-59 flies, NASA researchers are getting ahead of the curve by using computational fluid dynamics to create what…
NASA’s X-59 has undergone final installation of its lower empennage, better known as the tail assembly. NASA’s X-59 has undergone…
In preparation for high-altitude flight tests of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin personnel recently underwent pressure breathing training…
Sound never looked so good! Using a special handheld camera, researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,…
NASA researchers recently conducted a series of flights to record the sound of jet engines with the goal of using…
The engine that will power NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 in flight is installed, marking a major milestone in the experimental…
