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NASA test pilot Nils Larson steps out of the X-59 after successfully completing the aircraft’s first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28,...
NASA test Pilot Nils steps down from the X-59 cock-pit onto a step ladder.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force...
X-59 as it's taking off for the first time.
A sign at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, reads “GO X-59” ahead of the agency’s quiet supersonic...
Sign at Armstrong Flight Research Center that says, Go X-59!
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force...
X-59 in flight as it's taking off into the skies.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025....
X-59 in flight above Palmdale and Edwards, CA.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force...
Bottom view of the X-59 aircraft while it's in flight.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025,...
X-59 in flight with the F/A-18 aircraft.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025....
X-59 in flight for the first time.
NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring
X-59 in flight with the F/A-18 aircraft.
NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring
X-59 in flight with the F/A-18 aircraft.
NASA leadership, ground crew, and support personnel gather to congratulate test pilot Nils Larson following his first flight of the...
Bob Pearce greeting NASA test pilot Nils Larson with a handshake.
NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring
X-59 in flight with the F/A-18 aircraft.
NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring
X-59 in flight with the F/A-18 aircraft.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026, from...
View of the X-59 veering left over the Mojave Desert.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026, from...
View from the Chase plane with the X-59 flying above it.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026, from...
Aerial view looking down onto the X-59 while it's in flight over the Mojave Desert.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026, from...
NASA's X-59 in flight over the Mojave Desert on it's third flight.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Thursday, March 26, 2026....
X-59 approaches landing on the runway.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Thursday, March 26, 2026....
NASA's X-59 landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026, from...
Bird's eye view of the X-59 in flight over the Mojave Desert.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft takes off from Edwards Air Force Base near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
NASA's X-59 taking off from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft flies its second flight Friday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
X-59 in flight with it's landing gears down on the aircraft.
X-59 Flight-2 flown by NASA test pilot Jim Less
X-59 in flight during it's second flight.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed a series of engine run tests on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed a series of engine run tests on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less is seen after completing his first flight of the X-59 and the aircraft’s second...
NASA's X-59 Test Pilot being drenched with water after completing his first flight.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft takes off for its second flight Friday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research...
NASA's X-59 taking off the runway.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in a run stall during sunrise on Tuesday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s...
Face front view of NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sitting in a run stall during sunrise.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in a run stall during sunrise on Tuesday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s...
NASA's X-59 three-quarter view of the aircraft while it sits in a run stall at sunrise.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in a run stall during sunrise on Tuesday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s...
NASA's X-59 silhouetted in the foreground, parked in a run stall at sunrise.
NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less is seen after completing his first flight of the X-59 and the aircraft’s second...
NASA's X-59 Test Pilot Jim "Clue" Less with a thumbs up in front of the X-59 fuselage.
NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less is seen after completing his first flight of the X-59 and the aircraft’s second...
NASA Test Pilot Jim "Clue" Less wearing a tan flight suit with the X-59 behind him.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at sunrise before ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen on the ramp at sunrise with its canopy open. Orange and gold light filters through the clouds behind the aircraft, highlighting the aircraft’s shape. Several ground crew members are visible around the aircraft, along with support carts. A vertical light pole with a coiled cable can be seen in the foreground.
NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less took the X-59 through its engine run test on Thursday, March 12, at NASA’s...
NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less sits in the X-59's cockpit in a close-up photo. Less is wearing his flight suit, a flight helmet, and glasses, with a radio pressed close to his face. His name and call sign are written just under the canopy glass.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force...
The X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above California. The plane has a distinctive shape with a long, sharply pointed nose. The nose is silver, while the rest of the body looks white. The words "NASA" and "X-59" are on the body of the aircraft. In the background, we can see brown earth below the plane as well as hazy mountains in the distance.
NASA’s Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15 research jet...
A white and blue NASA F-15 research jet climbs to altitude with an approximately 3-foot experimental wing design mounted beneath its fuselage. Viewed in profile against a blue sky with mountains in the distance, the test article resembles a ventral fin below the aircraft.
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project completed wind tunnel tests on a Boeing-built X-66 full-span model during a 13-week campaign between...
A white and silver model of a plane is mounted on a pole with orange light illuminating the back of the room. The floor of the room has white panels.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft taxis across the runway during a low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft taxis across the runway at U.S. Air Force Plant 42. The aircraft has a distinctive, long and pointy nose. An air control tower is visible behind the plane. Even further in the distance beneath a hazy blue sky are hills and mountains.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025,...
NASA’s X-59 flies above the Mojave Desert with a NASA F/A-18 chase aircraft nearby.
A model of the X-59 aircraft, the centerpiece of NASA’s mission to gather information intended to help enable a new...
X59 JAXA Quesst Japan Wind Tunnel
Don Durston never grew out of building model planes – they’re just a whole lot more sophisticated these days! The...
A man in a red shirt leans forward to look closely at a metal airplane model installed in a wind tunnel.