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 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 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...
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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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GE Aviation has shipped the first engine for NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, designed to fly faster than the speed of sound and cruise at 55,000ft.
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