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NASA’s X-59 is about to crack the sound barrier without the boom — and possibly change how we fly

For seven decades, the sonic boom has been the price of speed. Chuck Yeager shattered the sound barrier in 1947, and ever ...
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NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first ...

NASA’s X-59 Sonic Boom Killer Is Ready for Its Biggest Test Yet

NASA’s strange-looking X-59 jet is about to reach the milestone it was built for: flying faster than the speed of sound.
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NASA's X-59 May Be Days Away From Supersonic Flight

Agency says the experimental, quiet aircraft is expected to break the sound barrier in early June.
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet targets NYC–London in under 4 hours

On Oct. 28, 2025, a slender, 100-foot-long jet with no forward-facing windshield lifted off from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, and did something no aircraft had done ...