Armstrong Flight Research CenterNASA pilots Nils Larson (left) and Jim “Clue” Less celebrate the X-59’s first flight on Oct. 28, 2025. Less flew...NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025,...The historic X-1E rocket plane is seen on display in front of the original National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics operations...A NASA F-15 aircraft and the experimental X-59 quiet supersonic sit close together during electromagnetic interference testing at Palmdale, California.
