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NASA Quesst

NASA's Quesst mission, which features the one-of-a-kind X-59 aircraft, will demonstrate technology to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, without generating loud sonic booms. NASA will then survey how people respond when the X-59 flies overhead, sharing these reactions to the quieter sonic "thumps" with national and international regulators to inform the establishment of new data-driven acceptable noise thresholds related to supersonic commercial flight over land. Quesst is supported through NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

Kristen Hatfield

Public Affairs Specialist

June 25, 2026 2:35PM

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Customize Your Devices With NASA’s New X-59 Digital Backgrounds

A hand holding up a cellular phone with the new X-59 digital backgrounds as the wallpaper.

NASA artist’s concept: With NASA’s new backgrounds, you can carry our experimental X-59 jet around with you wherever you want.

Photos by NASA/Carla Thomas/Getty Images

In celebration of the X-59’s recent supersonic milestone flights, NASA’s Quesst mission invites you to refresh your phone wallpaper and virtual meeting background with images of this unique aircraft in action.

NASA is releasing multiple images sized to fit your device screens. Your next video call can boast NASA’s X-59 in flight, on the ground – or even from the cockpit.

Chosen from the X-59’s first series flights where the plane expanded its operational envelope expansion testing by going higher and faster, eventually reaching supersonic speeds. NASA continues to put the aircraft through its paces, evaluating its performance at a variety of speeds and altitudes.

More X-59 to Explore

Read more on the Quesst mission page.