NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator nears first flight, aiming to prove quiet supersonic travel and pave the way for overland ...

On July 18, 2025, NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic research aircraft basked in golden light on the ramp at Lockheed Martin ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft continues to make progress toward its first flight with a new successful round of testing. The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier ...

American space agency NASA is busy checking the safety systems and the procedures for the first flight of the X-59 supersonic aicraft.

NASA’s X-59 QueSST, or Quiet SuperSonic Technology, was conceived in a focused effort to resolve that pain point of air travel. The jet will test the mechanics of boom generation itself. It is as much ...

As NASA's one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from ...

NASA’s X-59 – dubbed “Son of Concorde” – is having final safety checks before making a historic maiden flight. The futuristic ...

However, while some have dubbed the plane the 'Son of Concorde' it's a research aircraft rather than a passenger plane so ...

NASA's X-59 experimental quiet supersonic jet is to make the first flight, with safety informing every step from taxiing down the runway to landing. The first tests will be a closed low-altitude loop ...

The craft is part of the US space agency's mission to find a way for ordinary planet travel to become much faster. Find out ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is undergoing final safety tests before making its first flight.

NASA has begun testing a new supersonic aircraft, almost 22 years after Concorde flew its last passenger service. The “quiet” X-59 research aircraft – 99.7 feet long, with a wingspan of 29.7 feet – is ...