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NASA, Lockheed Martin Debut Quesst Mission's X-59
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft on Jan. 12, 2024, at a ceremony in California. Read about the event, watch the video, and learn more about the origins and assembly of the X-59 in this special feature report.
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft has cleared electromagnetic testing, confirming its systems will work…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine…

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced…

NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The…

Lee esta historia en Español aquí. NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California,…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the…

NASA research pilots are experts on how to achieve the right flight-test conditions for experiments and the tools needed for…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. The team preparing NASA’s X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to…

NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of…

NASA has issued new grants to five universities to help develop education plans for the community overflight phase of the…

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique – it’s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without causing…

NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on…

It’s almost time for NASA’s supersonic X-59 airplane to make its red, white, and blue public debut, and you’re invited…

It’s been another great year at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Join us as we review some…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk…

As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids,…

Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut…

NASA’s Quesst mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024. A one-of-a-kind experimental…

This series of images shows NASA’s X-59 as it sits on the flight line — the space between the hangar…

Credits: NASA: Heather Brown < Back to gallery NASA’s Sound Bites video series celebrates members of our workforce and shares…

An F/A-18 aircraft received from the U.S. Navy in 2021 has been rejuvenated, had its NASA colors added, and is…

Flying unique, one-of-a-kind aircraft is one of the specialties of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. A process,…

NASA will deliver the results to U.S. and international regulators, who will consider new rules that would lift the ban…

Before the X-59 flies, NASA researchers are getting ahead of the curve by using computational fluid dynamics to create what…

NASA’s X-59 has undergone final installation of its lower empennage, better known as the tail assembly. NASA’s X-59 has undergone…

In preparation for high-altitude flight tests of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin personnel recently underwent pressure breathing training…