Sonic booms effectively killed the elegant Concorde supersonic airliner in the ... unless a new design could dispense with the sonic boom. Enter NASA’s latest—and by far sleekest ...

For example, NASA's joint project with Lockheed Martin, the X-59 aircraft, allegedly reduces the infamous sonic boom to a "sonic thump," according to the organization. Although the Concorde was ...

The Concorde faced significant backlash due to ... This issue is a priority for the push behind next-gen supersonic commercial flights. NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology (Quesst) project ...

Languages: English, Spanish NASA is developing a new supersonic plane. Will it measure up to the iconic Concorde—the world's first passenger jet capable of flying faster than the speed of sound?

NASA has finally pulled back the curtain on what could be the first supersonic aircraft to take to the skies for over 20 years. Dubbed 'son of Concorde', the agency's new 100-foot-long plane ...

Unlike Concorde’s iconic droop nose ... transcontinental travel is no longer science fiction—it’s happening now, and NASA ...

Part of that is because the Concorde was expensive and difficult ... So, understandably, supersonic flights are forbidden across the U.S. But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel ...

NASA is paving the way for a new, quieter era for supersonic jet planes with its new shock-sensing tool. The X-59 Quesst, Nasa's supersonic aircraft, has already been designed with a long and ...

Concorde was capable of flying from New York ... Martin won a $247.5 million contract to build the aircraft for NASA and with a planned first flight in 2021. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a ...

Those working on supersonic flight today, including NASA, say they are not aiming to revive the excesses of the Concorde era, but to make ultrafast commercial air service available to more of the ...