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
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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.
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
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
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
NASA Captures Supersonic Shock Interaction
NASA captures for the first time images of supersonic shockwaves merging in air.
Supersonic Commercial Travel Begins to Take Shape
NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft in just three years.
