NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Soars In First Flight Highlights

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

Relive the First Flight of NASA’s ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Jet With This Thrilling Video

NASA recently released a video that captures the first flight of its X-59 supersonic aircraft as it soared above the Southern ...
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Going Hypersonic: A Look at the Record-setting X-15

An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight

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.

This Is NASA's Fastest Aircraft Ever

When the program was initiated, no aircraft had been propelled to hypersonic speeds by an air-breathing engine. The NASA X-43 ...
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New video takes you into the cockpit for 1st flight of NASA's new X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet

NASA plans to use the X-59, an experimental vehicle, to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating sonic booms.

Mach 15? NASA’s 1st Hypersonic Jet Concept That Never Flew But Is Still Relevant Today

Decades before hypersonics entered today's headlines, NASA drafted an aircraft that bordered on surreal. Discover the story ...
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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Takes Its First Flight and the Cockpit Video is Incredible

NASA just shared something aviation fans have been waiting for. The agency released a thrilling cockpit view of the first ...
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NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

Now that the government shutdown is over, American space agency NASA released all the details about the historic first flight of the X-59 experimental aircraft ...
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Supersonic Silent NASA Aircraft X-59 Completes First Flight — See the Details

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

Watch NASA X-59's Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, departing from ...
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NASA reveals details of X-59’s first flight, describes programme as ‘validation’

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...