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NASA tests the X-59, a quiet supersonic jet that could open the door to faster commercial flights

Airplanes have been able to fly at supersonic speeds since the 1940s, although they are prohibited from conducting commercial flights over land because they produce a sonic boom that disturbs the ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 could slash coast-to-coast flight times — and silence the sonic boom

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight in California this week. If successful, the ...
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NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the ...

NASA's quiet supersonic jet completes first test flight

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in ...