The Concorde dream is within reach. NASA X-59 just has to silence the supersonic boom

NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...
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X-59 Experimental Aircraft’s Second Flight Abruptly Cut Short by Technical Issue

Just a few days after it announced it was getting ready to conduct the second test flight of the X-59, the American space agency NASA cleared the experimental aircraft to take off in its most ...
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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's 'Son of Concorde' X-59 jet reaches its quiet supersonic target points for the first time ever

It’s a huge game changer ...
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X-59 reaches speed, altitude for future quiet supersonic flights

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new supersonic plane could herald flights over land that are less intrusive for the communities below their flight paths. Jason ...

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 aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
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NASA, Lockheed's Supersonic X-59 ‘Returned Prematurely' on Second Flight

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59-a prototype design for a quiet, supersonic commercial airliner-"returned prematurely" to Edwards ...
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NASA’s quiet supersonic X-plane gets a new name – X-59 QueSST

The U.S. Air Force is the entity responsible for assigning X-number designations to important experimental aircraft and rockets that dates back to 1947. The new experimental supersonic X-plane was ...
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Watch NASA's new experimental jet break the sound barrier for the first time

NASA is testing the X-59, an experimental plane that was designed to exceed the speed of sound without a loud sonic boom. Credit: NASA / Carla Thomas NASA's X-59 jet has broken the sound barrier for ...
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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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NASA's X-59 Supersonic X-Plane: What's New in Aerospace

There hasn't been a supersonic commercial aircraft since the retirement of the Concorde in 2003. NASA is trying to change that. The Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST will test technology to fly faster, ...