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 ...
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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Begins Taxi Tests Ahead of First Flight

NASA's experimental X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has begun low-speed taxi tests, marking the final stage before its inaugural flight later this year. The X-59's primary goal is to demonstrate ...
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NASA’s X-59 QueSST Conducts Maiden Flight

After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft completes first test flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin have tested the experimental supersonic aircraft X-59 on a first test flight to check onboard systems.

3IATLAS: Why NASA Is Treating This Object Unlike Any Other Comet?

NASA is hosting a high-profile live event to unveil new, high-resolution imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, treating ...
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

SpaceX to Tell NASA the Moon Will Have to Wait

The delays elicited concern from industry experts, Congress, and NASA about SpaceX’s ability to land astronauts on the Moon ...

NASA faces another shift in its leadership—and in its vision

NASA is facing increasingly sharp challenges as it pursues its goal of landing astronauts on the moon again before this ...

NASA, SpaceX launch US–European satellite to monitor Earth's oceans

About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and ...
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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 ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet completes first flight

NASA’s X-59 “Flying Swordfish” has completed its first test flight, marking a breakthrough in quiet supersonic aviation ...