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A man speaks at a podium. In the immediate background, the X-59 sits, newly painted in its red, white, blue and gold livery.

NASA’s Jim Free with X-59

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage immediately following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

Image Credit: Lockheed Martin / Garry Tice
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