NASA has pushed back the first flight of the X-59 low-boom supersonic demonstrator to 2024 after a series of subsystem issues encountered during check-out tests at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, late this summer proved harder to solve than expected. "We want ...
NASA局长比尔·纳尔逊(Bill Nelson)说,“2023年也有很多值得期待的事情:韦布望远镜更多的惊人发现、气候任务将告诉我们更多关于地球如何随时间变化的信息、国际空间站上持续进行的科学、X-59的开创性航空发展和X-57实验飞机,选出50多年来第一批登上月球的宇航员,等等等等。我们的征途是星辰大海,NASA则证明人类的探索...
The X-59’s supersonic boom will be “closer to a car door slamming” than the Concorde’s shockwave that was strong enough to shatter the glass windows. If all goes as per the plan, the X-59 will fly for the first time later this year. Nidhi Goyal Nidhi is a gold meda...
Lockheed Martin officially introduces supersonic X-59 plane with NASA Maryland-based Lockheed Martin officially introduced its experimental X-59 plane with NASA late last week. The plane was built to produce a 'quieter sonic thump.' Air & SpaceJanuary 9 ...
PALMDALE, California—NASA unveiled its X-59 Low BoomFlight Demonstration aircraft at a ceremony at Lockheed Martin'sSkunk Works facilities.The experimental aircraft, which was designed and built byprime contractor Lockheed Martin, promises to dampen sonicbooms into a mere thud—about 75 perceived dB...
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NASA and Lockheed Martin test pilots inspect the painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently ba...
The management review, known as Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D), was the last programmatic hurdle for the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft to clear before officials meet again in late 2020 to approve the airplane's first flight in 2021. ...