NASA’s X-59 Engine Inlet
NASA’s X-59 requires the use of creative and strategic supersonic technologies to control and soften the jarring sound that hits the ground as the aircraft flies faster
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft in Final Assembly
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic (QueSST) test aircraft passed its final development milestone and is cleared for final assembly.
NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane Takes Shape
NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane takes shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk works.
NASA – Lockheed Martin X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft unveiled
NASA and Lockheed Martin unveiled the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft at the Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California.
NASA X-59 makes a Critical Move
NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar and the runway – at Lockheed Martin
X-59 Wind Tunnel SuperSonic Testing
This schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) airplane taken inside NASA Supersonic Wind Tunnel, during a recent boom test.
Inside the X-59 QueSST Cockpit
The pilot of NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft will navigate the skies in a cockpit unlike any other. There won’t be a forward-facing window.
Visualizing Quieter Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms – those loud, startling noises which can be
Mach 4 Passenger Jet
Is a Mach 4, passenger jet possible? NASA is exploring whether the commercial market could support travel at Mach 4 (3,045 mph) speed.
The Next Generation of Flight
Plenty of testing happens to NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, to ensure a safe first flight.