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NASA's X-59 QueSST Conducts Maiden Flight

After some scrubbed attempts, NASA's X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025 ...
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NASA's X-59 moves under its own power

July 22 (UPI) --NASA's quest for a quieter supersonic jet passed an early test after its X-59 aircraft was able to taxi at low speed at a manufacturing plant in California. The space agency on ...
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NASA Tricks X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Into Thinking It's Flying

Not long is left now until American space agency NASA sends a brand-new research aircraft called X-59 into the sky. Part of the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program, it's a piece of ...
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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Begins Taxi Tests Ahead of First Flight

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has begun low-speed taxi tests, moving closer to its first flight later this year as a final pre-flight validation step. The experimental X-59 is designed ...
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NASA's X-59 moves toward first flight at speed of safety

As NASA's one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing—and their decision-making is ...
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NASA’s X-59 QueSST Aircraft Could Bring Back Commercial Supersonic Flight

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream ...