American space agency NASA announced it is preparing for the second flight of the X-59 experimental aircraft, the first in the envelope expansion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Passengers are one step closer to flying supersonic for the first time since Concorde’s retirement after Nasa took its “sonic ...

A "son of Concorde" that could fly from London to New York in under four hours is preparing for take-off. NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is undergoing final safety tests before making ...

Lockheed Martin announced in a press release the successful completion of an initial test flight for the X-59, a new supersonic airplane designed to cut down on noise concerns for faster commercial ...

The NASA X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) is now flying and soon will start test flights aimed at reducing the sonic boom to a thump for people on the ground. While this seeks to overcome one ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jet being developed for NASA in the Southern California desert that aims to achieve supersonic flight without sonic booms has ...

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When a passenger aircraft crosses Mach 1, it's moving faster than sound. That shift creates shock waves around the airframe. Drag increases sharply, engines must burn far more fuel, and the familiar ...