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X-59: US supersonic aircraft hits Mach 1.2 at 49,000 feet in 25th test flight

NASA’s X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft has successfully completed 25 test flights. It reached Mach ...
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Take a look at the silent X-59 aircraft, NASA's experimental attempt at creating a supersonic jet with a quieter sonic boom

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA unveiled the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to produce a quieter sonic boom. The explosive noise happens ...
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NASA's X-59 conducts tests for quieter supersonic flights across the United States

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft is investigating the feasibility of reducing noise levels associated with supersonic travel ...
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Watch: NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft hits Mach 0.98, approaches 767 mph speed

NASA is ramping up its X-59 supersonic aircraft testing campaign with a series of envelope expansion test flights. On April 14, the space agency stress tested the X-59, with a pilot performing a ...
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NASA's X-59 Goes Supersonic For The First Time, Inching Closer To Sonic Thump Theory

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has officially gone supersonic for the first time, marking a major milestone in the agency's effort to make commercial high-speed air travel viable over land again.
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NASA's Ultra-Quiet X-59 Aircraft Just Took To The Skies For The First Time

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...
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X-59 aircraft designed to quiet sonic booms optimised thanks to Collier Aerospace’s design & analysis software

Collier Aerospace, developer of the HyperX® computer-aided engineering (CAE) solution, announced that its design and analysis software was chosen by Swift Engineering for structural sizing, analysis ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, ...
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NASA Begins Engine Tests on Experimental X-59

NASA has conducted the first engine fire-up of its experimental X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, marking the launch of testing to ensure systems work together. The X-59 project aims ...
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F-15 Chasing X-59 Aircraft at Supersonic Speeds Will Be a Sight for the Ages

NASA is hard at work trying to bring back supersonic passenger aircraft, but this time with a twist that could allow these winged machines to go above the speed of sound over populated areas. X-59, or ...
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Take a look at the silent X-59 aircraft, NASA's experimental attempt at creating a supersonic jet with a quieter sonic boom

Earlier this month, NASA unveiled the X-59 aircraft, its experimental supersonic jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound — with a "sonic boom" no louder than the bounce of a basketball.