NASA X-59 supersonic aircraft's first flight - highlights and team reflections

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its first flight in Oct. 2025. The team behind the plane talks about it.
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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 taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing—and their decision-making is ...

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental ...
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NASA and Lockheed Martin achieve first flight of X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...
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NASA strips down X-59 for post-flight inspections ahead of second sortie

NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator sits partially disassembled at Armstrong Flight Research Center following its October maiden flight, with engineers removing dozens of panels to complete required ...
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NASA's Ultra-Quiet X-59 Aircraft Just Took To The Skies For The First Time

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...
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Watch NASA Inch Closer To Its Sonic Thump Theory With The X-59's First Supersonic Flight

Air travel could once again move at the speed of sound. On Friday, while we were counting down the hours until the weekend, NASA took to the skies with its supersonic plane, the X-59, towards its ...
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Supersonic-but-quiet X-59 aircraft named 'Coolest Thing Made in California'

A NASA jet designed for quiet supersonic flight has been named the "Coolest Thing Made in California" for 2025. The X-59 aircraft aims to reduce the sound of a sonic boom to a gentle "thump." Built by ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, NASA’s Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...
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NASA X-59 nears first flight as supersonic 'son of Concorde' to cut London-NY time

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft - dubbed a 'Son of Concorde' - is edging closer to its historic first flight after completing final safety checks ...