Flying

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Begins Taxi Tests Ahead of First Flight

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has begun low-speed taxi tests, a final step before its first flight later this year. The X-59 is designed to reduce sonic booms to a "gentle thump," potentially ...
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Details of the First Flight of NASA's One-of-a-Kind Supersonic X-Plane Are Simply Juicy

It's not set in stone yet, but the date when NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft will finally take off is fast approaching. The space agency already informed us on the most important ...
UPI

NASA's X-59 moves under its own power

July 22 (UPI) --NASA's quest for a quieter supersonic jet passed an early test after its X-59 aircraft was able to taxi at low speed at a manufacturing plant in California. The space agency on Tuesday ...
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NASA Tricks X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Into Thinking It's Flying

Not long is left now until American space agency NASA sends a brand-new research aircraft called X-59 into the sky. Part of the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program, it's a piece of equipment ...
The National Interest

NASA’s X-59 QueSST Aircraft Could Bring Back Commercial Supersonic Flight

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream lives ...

SpaceX launches 3 probes for NASA, NOAA to study space weather

SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft Wednesday morning, each meant to study the sun and space weather, and their affects on ...