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In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at 11:14 a.m.…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28 at 11:14 a.m. EDT…
After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first…
As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and…
As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries…
In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will measure the…
NASA/Jacob Shaw NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time this one-of-a-kind experimental…
Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft…
High over the Mojave Desert, two NASA F-15 research jets made a series of flights throughout May to validate tools…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and…
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 has issued new grants to five universities to help develop education plans for the community overflight phase of the…
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique – it’s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without causing…
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…
It’s almost time for NASA’s supersonic X-59 airplane to make its red, white, and blue public debut, and you’re invited…
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk…
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…
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…
