The explosive noise happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. Though the X-59 is not a prototype, its technology could influence the future of supersonic flight. Earlier this ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Garry Tice NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Martin Tice NASA’s experimental X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) plane is gearing ...

NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale, California, on Friday, is designed to turn the volume down on ...

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

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The X-59 Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) is an experimental aircraft developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for NASA, designed to achieve supersonic speeds with dramatically reduced noise, ...

Today NASA is officially trotting out the finished version of an experimental aircraft that looks like a stretched-out arrowhead. Painted in red, white, and blue, the plane is called the X-59, and it ...

Come early next year American space agency NASA will fly, for the first time, an experimental aircraft that could one day bring back civilian supersonic aircraft, and might even allow them to fly at ...

The push of the aviation industry to cut down on traditional fuel consumption and the resulting harmful emissions comes in many shapes and sizes. Some are trying new engine designs, others are ...

Electra’s EL-2 Goldfinch demonstrator sits outside NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. [Courtesy: Electra] NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is putting his money where his mouth is. The ...

A sonic boom’s trademark thunderclap has long been associated with vehicles traveling faster than Mach 1. As a plane’s velocity surpasses the speed of sound, the shockwave formed by its wake results ...