Quesst: The Science
NASA’s heritage of studying supersonic flight reaches back more than 70 years. That accumulated knowledge, especially as it relates to understanding sonic booms and how to make them quieter, is at the heart of the Quesst mission. It has taken years of hard work and the latest in wind-tunnel testing, advanced computer simulation tools, and actual flight testing to reach this point where it’s time to prove the theory in the air with a large-scale supersonic X-plane.
Quesst: The Science News
Stay up-to-date with the latest content related to the science from the Quesst mission.
NASA Test Piloting Legends Reunite
Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut…
NASA’s Quesst: Reassessing a 50-Year Supersonic Speed Limit
NASA will deliver the results to U.S. and international regulators, who will consider new rules that would lift the ban…
Supercomputers Aid Quesst Researchers in Predicting X-59’s Sound
Before the X-59 flies, NASA researchers are getting ahead of the curve by using computational fluid dynamics to create what…
NASA Armstrong Advances Shock Wave Photography
Sound never looked so good! Using a special handheld camera, researchers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,…
X-59 Resembles Actual Aircraft
A heavy chorus of bolting and machinery filled the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, assembly building as engineers, system…
Aeronautical Artwork, Computer Simulation, or Both?
Although it may look like an abstract piece of aeronautical artwork that could hang as a painting over an enthusiastic…
NASA Marks Continued Progress on X-59
Assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft is continuing during 2020 and making good progress, despite challenges such as…
NASA Takes Delivery of GE Jet Engine for X-59
Mark the big one-of-a-kind engine, designed and built just for NASA, as delivered. Nearly 13 feet long, three feet in…
More Pieces of the X-59 are Coming Together
The wing and cockpit sections of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) are coming together at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works®…
