Discover NASA's X-59, a groundbreaking jet designed to quietly break the sound barrier and challenge a 50-year-old supersonic ...
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NASA's X-59 QueSST goes supersonic
NASA's X-59 QueSST flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, expanding into the supersonic portion of its ...
Supersonic flight and its visions of high-speed thrills, intense pressure changes, and dramatic sonic booms have persisted across pop culture for decades now. But is it legit? While the idea of ...
Recent high-speed jet stream winds have pushed eastbound airliners to new speed records for planes not named “Concorde” while making westbound flight even agonizingly longer. Aboard one of these ...
Though the X-59 was designed to negate the “sonic boom” typically found on supersonic aircraft, it has stayed well short of supersonic speeds—at least for now. NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft, part ...
The debut supersonic flight by Boom Supersonic happened earlier this week, and the company showcased how its XB-1 test aircraft achieved a humongous feat using its jet-powered American flyer. However, ...
An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from Skunk Works, the famed research and development facility in California ...
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