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The future of flight is about to break the sound barrier, quietly. Meet NASA’s X-59 QueSST, a revolutionary supersonic aircraft set to fly in 2025, designed to change air travel as we know it.
NASA’s Quesst Mission aims to develop a new supersonic jet that produces quiet sonic booms, allowing for faster-than-sound flight over land, potentially paving the way for commercial bans to … ...
MOJAVE, Calif. (WGHP) — A unique photograph captured another side of the historic test flight that paves the way for a next-generation jet to be built in Greensboro. Boom Supersonic, which br… ...
The aircraft would typically accelerate from around 300kt after take-off to M0.95, then transition to the supersonic regime at an altitude of 11,000m (36,000ft), reaching M1.2.
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet undergoing electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California alongside one of the agency's F-15D research aircraft.
A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.
Related: NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet clears 'major hurdle' ahead of 1st flight (photos) "We needed to verify that speed hold worked not just within the engine itself but as part of the entire ...
Boom Supersonic is currently building the world’s fastest airliner, the Overture, and teamed with NASA in February to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight tests with the ...
NASA and Boom Supersonic released an incredible photo capturing the shock waves of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a Feb. 10 test flight.
Abstract: The return of commercial supersonic flight requires innovative solutions to be developed that meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight. To study such a possibility NASA is ...
US lifts supersonic flight ban, ... An artist's impression of NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 supersonic aircraft in flight over land. NASA. The directive, issued on June 6, reads: ...