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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Min Read NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen at dawn with firetrucks and safety personnel nearby during a ...

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 ...

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 ...