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NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

A collaboration between NASA and Lockheed Martin has produced an experimental jet capable of flying beyond the speed of sound without a sonic boom. Read More

NASA Makes History By Breaking The Sound Barrier In Near Total Silence

On a cool October morning in 2025, a sleek jet streaked across the sky above California’s Mojave Desert. This was NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59, an experimental airplane designed to fly faster than ... Read More

NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet completes first flight in potential breakthrough for commercial air travel

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ... Read More

Is supersonic air travel about to return, two decades after the last Concorde flight?

Once passenger flights had been discontinued, the then-Soviet airline Aeroflot operated an updated variant, called the TU-144D, on freight-only services. The withdrawal from service of the TU-144 left ... Read More

Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First Time

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Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ... Read More

X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet completes first test flight

The X-59 supersonic jet, designed for NASA with a goal of bringing supersonic speed without the ‘boom,’ completed its first test flight on Tuesday. (Credit: Lockheed Martin) The X-59 supersonic jet, ... Read More

NASA's quiet supersonic jet completes first test flight

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in California on Tuesday, paving the way for faster commercial air travel. The ... Read More

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

About an hour after sunrise over the Mojave Desert of Southern California, NASA’s newest experimental supersonic jet took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday. The X-59 Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic ... Read More

Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

Plane could help pave way for faster commercial air travel Aircraft built to break sound barrier with sonic 'thump' Designed to cruise at Mach 1.4 at altitude of 55,000 feet First test flight was ... Read More