More Supersonic and High-Speed Flight News
NASA’s X-59 Goes from Green to Red, White, and Blue
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk…
NASA Technologies Receive Multiple Nods in TIME Inventions of 2023
As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids,…
NASA Test Piloting Legends Reunite
Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut…
NASA Targets 2024 for First Flight of X-59 Experimental Aircraft
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…
Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing
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
NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event
NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to Runway
This series of images shows NASA’s X-59 as it sits on the flight line — the space between the hangar…
NASA’s Quesst: Reassessing a 50-Year Supersonic Speed Limit
NASA will deliver the results to U.S. and international regulators, who will consider new rules that would lift the ban…
Supercomputers Aid Quesst Researchers in Predicting X-59’s Sound
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 Tail Installed
NASA’s X-59 has undergone final installation of its lower empennage, better known as the tail assembly. NASA’s X-59 has undergone…
Breathing under Pressure
In preparation for high-altitude flight tests of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin personnel recently underwent pressure breathing training…
NASA Armstrong Advances Shock Wave Photography
Sound never looked so good! Using a special handheld camera, researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,…
NASA Creating Tool to Predict Supersonic Jet Noise at Takeoff
NASA researchers recently conducted a series of flights to record the sound of jet engines with the goal of using…
Jet Engine Installed on NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59
The engine that will power NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 in flight is installed, marking a major milestone in the experimental…
Jet Engine Installed on NASA’s X-59
NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 now has the engine that will power it in flight. The installation of the F414-GE-100 engine…
NASA Poised to Break Sound Barrier in New Way
Seventy-five years ago, a sonic boom thundered for the first time over the high desert of California. On the ground…
Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Test Provides Important Data
Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft can take to the skies, plenty of testing needs to happen to ensure a…
New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission
New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission Introducing Quesst. Evoking the experimental nature of flight testing and the spirit of aeronautical…
NASA’s X-59 Arrives Back in California Following Critical Ground Tests
The X-59, NASA’s quiet supersonic experimental aircraft, has arrived back at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, following…
NASA Launches Rocket to Study Hypersonic Aircraft
Not often that a second chance comes along, but the upcoming launch of the Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research…
Ames’ Contributions to the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft
A faster-than-sound airplane generates sonic thumps so quiet that people on the ground might not hear anything at all. Not…
NASA’s X-59 Calls on Texas for Key Testing
It appears the road to enabling a future that includes convenient commercial supersonic air travel over land demands a substantial…
Taming the BOOM
NASA hopes the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land can be lifted by replacing the loud sonic boom with…
NASA’s X-59 Stands on its Own
The NASA and Lockheed Martin team behind the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) have recently removed the aircraft from its…
X-59 Nose Makes an Appearance
The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft is taking shape at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.…
NASA Completes Tests of X-59 eXternal Vision System
Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have successfully completed a variety of testing for NASA’s X-59 Quiet…
X-59 Resembles Actual Aircraft
A heavy chorus of bolting and machinery filled the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, assembly building as engineers, system…
A Sneak Peek into Test Chamber for X-59
Safety is paramount for NASA’s quiet supersonic flight team who are making great strides in preparing for future flight testing…
A Probing Question: How Do You Fly the X-59 Accurately?
Mountains of data will be required if NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane is going to help change the future of commercial…
Perfecting Alignment: NASA Tests System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight
NASA recently flight tested a visual navigation system designed to enhance precise aerial positioning between two aircraft in supersonic flight.…
