NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...

NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier without triggering the usual sonic boom. The experimental ...

NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United States.

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

California has played a central role in NASA's push to test its X-59 jet and usher in an era of commercial supersonic air travel. Here's what to know.

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier. The X-59 is a supersonic aircraft designed with a radical elongated geometry that aims to reduce the volume of the sonic booms it ...

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 ...

The US is taking major steps to end its 50-year ban on overland supersonic flight, with the FAA planning new noise-based rules that could open the door to commercial passenger jets travelling at over ...

13:17, Tue, Jun 30, 2026 Updated: 13:20, Tue, Jun 30, 2026 NASA’s X-59 aircraft, dubbed the “Son of Concorde”, which could fly from the UK to New York in four hours, has successfully smashed the sound ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is getting ready to go supersonic. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel faster than ...