The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.

NASA has officially revealed new details, photos and videos of the first flight of the X-59 QueSST, the quiet experimental ...

Stuck in traffic on your way to work? Georgia Tech researchers say the answer to gridlock may one day come from the skies. Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its historic first-ever flight. See the flight highlights here. Credit: NASA ...

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...

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When the program was initiated, no aircraft had been propelled to hypersonic speeds by an air-breathing engine. The NASA X-43 ...

Four autonomous unmanned aircraft flew simultaneously on pre-determined flight paths at the Reno-Stead Airport using software developed at the University of Nevada, Reno, in collaboration with the ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...