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NASA's X-59 moves toward first flight at speed of safety
As NASA's one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from ...
NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator nears first flight, aiming to prove quiet supersonic travel and pave the way for overland ...
However, while some have dubbed the plane the 'Son of Concorde' it's a research aircraft rather than a passenger plane so ...
The craft is part of the US space agency's mission to find a way for ordinary planet travel to become much faster. Find out more here.
A SUPERSONIC jet that could fly from London to New York in under four hours is preparing for take-off. NASA’s X-59 – dubbed ...
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NASA’s supersonic plane preparing for take-off
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is undergoing final safety tests before making its first flight.
NASA's X-59 experimental quiet supersonic jet is to make the first flight, with safety informing every step from taxiing down the runway to landing. The first tests will be a closed low-altitude loop ...
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Sunrise over NASA's 'quiet' supersonic X-59 jet | Space photo of the day for Sept. 12, 2025
NASA's experimental X-59 jet is designed to fly faster than sound — but also dampen the infamous sonic "boom." ...
NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.
Proposed cuts to NASA's aeronautics budget would have a outsized impact on critical research for civil and military ...
In the wake of the catastrophic July Fourth floods that barreled through south central Texas, claiming 119 lives and leaving nearly 200 people missing, NASA dispatched two aircraft to aid local ...
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