Passengers are one step closer to flying supersonic for the first time since Concorde’s retirement after Nasa took its “sonic thump” plane for its first test flight. The X-59 took off on its maiden ...
NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research ...
No one in NASA’s Artemis II crew had been born when astronauts last ventured into deep space for the final Apollo program ...
NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...
Cockpit views and flight video show the X-59 going through its paces over Mojave. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new video ...