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NASA’s X-59 Goes from Green to Red, White, and Blue

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk…

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NASA Technologies Receive Multiple Nods in TIME Inventions of 2023

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As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids,…

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NASA Test Piloting Legends Reunite

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Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut…

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NASA Targets 2024 for First Flight of X-59 Experimental Aircraft

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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…

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Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing

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Early in the blockbuster movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” U.S. Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell takes the secret hypersonic “Darkstar” airplane…

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NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event

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NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event

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NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to Runway

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This series of images shows NASA’s X-59 as it sits on the flight line — the space between the hangar…

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NASA’s Quesst: Reassessing a 50-Year Supersonic Speed Limit

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NASA will deliver the results to U.S. and international regulators, who will consider new rules that would lift the ban…

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Supercomputers Aid Quesst Researchers in Predicting X-59’s Sound

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Before the X-59 flies, NASA researchers are getting ahead of the curve by using computational fluid dynamics to create what…

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NASA’s X-59 Tail Installed

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NASA’s X-59 has undergone final installation of its lower empennage, better known as the tail assembly. NASA’s X-59 has undergone…

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Breathing under Pressure

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In preparation for high-altitude flight tests of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin personnel recently underwent pressure breathing training…

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NASA Armstrong Advances Shock Wave Photography

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Sound never looked so good! Using a special handheld camera, researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,…

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NASA Creating Tool to Predict Supersonic Jet Noise at Takeoff

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NASA researchers recently conducted a series of flights to record the sound of jet engines with the goal of using…

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Jet Engine Installed on NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59

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The engine that will power NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 in flight is installed, marking a major milestone in the experimental…

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Jet Engine Installed on NASA’s X-59

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NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 now has the engine that will power it in flight. The installation of the F414-GE-100 engine…

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NASA Poised to Break Sound Barrier in New Way

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Seventy-five years ago, a sonic boom thundered for the first time over the high desert of California. On the ground…

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Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Test Provides Important Data

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Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft can take to the skies, plenty of testing needs to happen to ensure a…

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New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission

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New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission Introducing Quesst. Evoking the experimental nature of flight testing and the spirit of aeronautical…

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NASA’s X-59 Arrives Back in California Following Critical Ground Tests

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The X-59, NASA’s quiet supersonic experimental aircraft, has arrived back at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, following…

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NASA Launches Rocket to Study Hypersonic Aircraft

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Not often that a second chance comes along, but the upcoming launch of the Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research…

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Ames’ Contributions to the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft

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A faster-than-sound airplane generates sonic thumps so quiet that people on the ground might not hear anything at all. Not…

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NASA’s X-59 Calls on Texas for Key Testing

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It appears the road to enabling a future that includes convenient commercial supersonic air travel over land demands a substantial…

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Taming the BOOM

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NASA hopes the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land can be lifted by replacing the loud sonic boom with…

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NASA’s X-59 Stands on its Own

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The NASA and Lockheed Martin team behind the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) have recently removed the aircraft from its…

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X-59 Nose Makes an Appearance

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The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft is taking shape at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.…

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NASA Completes Tests of X-59 eXternal Vision System

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Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have successfully completed a variety of testing for NASA’s X-59 Quiet…

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X-59 Resembles Actual Aircraft

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A heavy chorus of bolting and machinery filled the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, assembly building as engineers, system…

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A Sneak Peek into Test Chamber for X-59

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Safety is paramount for NASA’s quiet supersonic flight team who are making great strides in preparing for future flight testing…

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A Probing Question: How Do You Fly the X-59 Accurately?

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Mountains of data will be required if NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane is going to help change the future of commercial…

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Perfecting Alignment: NASA Tests System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight

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NASA recently flight tested a visual navigation system designed to enhance precise aerial positioning between two aircraft in supersonic flight.…

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