NASA will use 30 ground recording stations to monitor the sound produced by the X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft. Learn more ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s experimental X-59 jet completed its first test flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, a milestone in the ...

NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet recently completed its first test flight after years of development and delays. Aeronautical engineers at Lockheed Martin designed the aircraft to ...

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...

How NASA Ames’ 80×120-foot wind tunnel became the beating heart of American aeronautics, testing everything from spacecraft ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59, a silent supersonic jet, could drastically reduce coast-to-coast flight times and eliminate ...

Commercial supersonic flights are currently banned over land because they create an explosive and frightening 'sonic boom,' ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental jet, the X-59, promises to halve coast-to-coast flight times while eliminating the disruptive sonic boom.

NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 supersonic jet on its inaugural flight over California's Mojave Desert, validating ...

The X-59's special design disperses the shockwave into many smaller waves, so observers on the ground will perceive a long, ...

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...

X-59 is designed to usher in a new era of air travel with its quiet supersonic technology. NASA’s X-59 aircraft completed its ...