NASA fires up X-59 supersonic jet engine for the first time
NASA’s Quesst mission has begun testing the engine that will power the X-59, an experimental aircraft designed for…
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X-59, the plane that promises to make supersonic commercial flights something trivial in the next decade
On January 12, Lockheed Martin and NASA presented the X-59, an experimental aircraft that aims to enable supersonic…
NASA to unveil the X-59 experimental plane on January 12, 2024
NASA’s long-awaited Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) program, which will study technologies to reduce the noise caused by the…
NASA X-59 supersonic test aircraft almost ready to fly
New images recently released by NASA have revealed the complete shape of the X-59 Quesst, a supersonic demonstration…
New supersonic XB-1 and X-59 airplanes have noise as the biggest challenge
Fifty years ago, the Concorde and its Russian rival Tu-144 pioneered supersonic passenger flight, but ended up succumbing…
NASA begins final assembly of supersonic jet X-59
NASA announced this week that it has approved the final assembly and system integration of the Quiet SuperSonic…
Successor of the Concorde: bigger, but slower and with less capacity
Perhaps the most stunning passenger plane ever created, the Concorde is synonymous with supersonic jet for a lot…