NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft, developed under the agency’s Quesst mission in partnership with Lockheed ...

After months of test flights, NASA’s X-59 aircraft is gearing up for its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier ...

Discover NASA's X-59, a groundbreaking jet designed to quietly break the sound barrier and challenge a 50-year-old supersonic ...

Agency says the experimental, quiet aircraft is expected to break the sound barrier in early June.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA unveiled the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to produce a quieter sonic boom. The explosive noise happens ...

NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale, California, on Friday, is designed to turn the volume down on ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft is approaching one of the most significant moments of its development as it prepares for ...

NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to ...

NASA's Quesst mission has rescheduled the first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024. The X-59, a unique experimental aircraft, required intricate engineering collaboration between ...

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...

Earlier this month, NASA unveiled the X-59 aircraft, its experimental supersonic jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound — with a "sonic boom" no louder than the bounce of a basketball.