NASA will use 30 ground recording stations to monitor the sound produced by the X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft. Learn more ...

New photos of NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic plane show the aircraft parked on the flight line as it prepares for a series of ground and initial flight tests. Skip to main content.

NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Martin Tice. NASA’s experimental X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) plane is gearing up for its first test flight sometime this year.

Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight 13:20. NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale ...

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet will have a 4K TV instead of a forward window. The plane has not yet taken off, for there are many more tests before that can happen.

An illustration of NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet. L-R: The last Concorde to ever fly touches down at Filton airfield on November 23, 2003, in Bristol, England. Matt Cardy/Getty Images ...

NASA asked private companies to figure out how to make commercial supersonic flight "a reality."; Mach 2 to 4 planes, flying up to 3,045 mph, could be used on 50 established flight routes, per NASA.

NASA says supersonic passenger aircraft could get you from NYC to London in less than 2 hours. By Tre'Vaughn Howard. August 28, 2023 / 8:06 PM EDT / CBS News ...

NASA's X-59 aircraft has been marching toward a fest flight since it entered development in 2016 with the goal of bringing back commercial supersonic travel. Next, the agency will test jet-mounted ...

OSHKOSH – Commercial supersonic flights could be a thing again in the not-so-distant future. Fifty years after passenger supersonic travel over land was banned over noise concerns, NASA believes ...

NASA readies for supersonic test flight. Critics say the U.S. space agency is helping to revive an extravagant, fuel-guzzling mode of travel that will worsen the climate crisis.