"This test confirmed that all components — software, mechanical linkages, and control laws — work together as intended." ...

American space agency NASA performs another critical test on the X-59 experimental aircraft, moving one step closer to first ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on a ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, during ...

The X-59 QueSST (a rather loose acronym for “Quiet ... The science of supersonic shock waves is well understood at this point, and neither NASA nor Lockheed Martin really need a physical ...

But NASA’s newest X-plane, the X-59 QueSST, which is expected to fly in 2021, will provide data that will allow engineers to scale down those booms, so that they sound more like muted thumps.