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.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the four-member Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on Friday morning, after weather forced the scrub of the mission a day ...
The immense power potential of the jet engine has led to the continuous evolution of high-speed airplanes like the Concorde ...
Supersonic-style passenger travel is no longer a nostalgic fantasy from the Concorde era but a live engineering project, ...
An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off ...
An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance ...