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NASA Tests Microphone Array for Quiet Supersonic X-59

Juliet Page calibrates a microphone station during the CarpetDIEM flight series.
Juliet Page, a physical scientist with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, calibrates a microphone station during the CarpetDIEM flight series.

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Juliet Page, a physical scientist with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, calibrates a microphone station during the CarpetDIEM flight series. The array featured high-fidelity microphones arranged in several configurations, giving researchers the ability to obtain accurate sound data and assess the loudness of the sonic booms, just as they will measure the quiet sonic thumps from the X-59.

August 6, 2019
NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes