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NASA X-59 supersonic aircraft's first flight - highlights and team reflections

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its first flight in Oct. 2025. The team behind the plane talks about it.

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 ...

NASA’s silent X-59 breaks the sound barrier for the first time without a sonic boom, paving the way for the return of civilian supersonic flights

NASA's X-59 has officially broken the sound barrier. See how this "quiet" supersonic jet is paving the way for future travel.

Nasa’s quiet ‘son of Concorde’ paves way for supersonic travel

A plane built by Nasa has broken the sound barrier without producing a sonic boom, bringing civilian supersonic flights a ...

A Vintage, Last-of-Its-Kind Aircraft Will Launch NASA’s Swift Rescue Mission

Northrop Grumman’s Orbital Sciences Corporation selected Marshall Aerospace to perform the design and conversion of Stargazer ...

Watch NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Break the Sound Barrier for the First Time

NASA’s X-59 aircraft has finally flown faster than the speed of sound, bringing us one step closer to supersonic flight without the loud, thunder-like clap noise that comes with it. The experimental ...

NASA’s X-59 is built to make supersonic flight quiet, and the real test is whether Concorde’s biggest problem finally disappears

NASA’s X-59 is changing supersonic travel. Can it turn the explosive sonic boom into a quiet "thump" to bring back fast ...
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