The X-59 has flown on nine more occasions, most recently on April 14 when it accomplished some of its biggest feats to date ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet hits 627 mph in latest test, potentially ending the 50-year ban on civilian supersonic flights ...

NASA is ramping up its X-59 supersonic aircraft testing campaign with a series of ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has announced that it has completed the first full burn test for its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft. Conducted on ...

Researchers are validating the aircraft's performance before propelling it to supersonic speeds.

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The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...

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 ...

The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst, which stands for "Quiet SuperSonic Technology," is an experimental aircraft developed by Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works. That's the same organization that developed ...

Collier Aerospace, developer of the HyperX® computer-aided engineering (CAE) solution, announced that its design and analysis software was chosen by Swift Engineering for structural sizing, analysis ...

NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight from California.