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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

New video takes you into the cockpit for 1st flight of NASA's new X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet

NASA plans to use the X-59, an experimental vehicle, to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating sonic booms. The video was taken during the X-59's first flight on Oct. 28, which took off ... 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

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

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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

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

Supersonic travel could return – without the boom – as NASA tests X-59 jet

Why it matters: Supersonic flight has existed for nearly 80 years, but remains banned over land due to the deafening sonic booms produced when aircraft exceed Mach 1 (767 mph). NASA and Lockheed ... Read More

NASA’s X 59 broke the sound barrier on its first test flight

In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet has shattered the sound barrier without the disruptive sonic boom that has long hindered faster-than-sound commercial travel. This event, ... Read More

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