NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic ...

Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 ...

Discover how NASA's groundbreaking X-59 aircraft aims to break the sound barrier in silence, paving the way for a new era of quiet supersonic travel. Recent wind tunnel tests reveal promising results.

Witness NASA and JAXA’s 19-inch X-59 scale model hit Mach 1.4 (925 mph) in Tokyo’s wind tunnel as researchers chase a quieter sonic thump.

To see if that affects the X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin put the plane on the tarmac right next to the F-15, at a distance of 47 feet (14 meters) at first, and then at 500 feet (152 meters).

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works) ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s strange-looking X-59 plane is set to fly early in 2023, and it is designed to break the sound barrier quietly rather than creating a huge sonic boom ...

NASA's X-59 QueSST experimental quiet supersonic aircraft will have a cockpit like no other — featuring a big 4K screen where you'd normally have a front window. Why? Because this is one weird ...

The X-59 is so long and streamlined that its cockpit has no forward-facing window. Instead, the pilot uses an External Vision System (XVS) created by NASA to fly the plane.

The X-59 borrowed from existing aircraft, including an existing engine that they modified to fly faster for longer periods of time, a cockpit from a T-38 and landing gear off of an F-16.

The X-59 supersonic plane of NASA's Quesst mission just got its 13-foot-long engine, according to a recent announcement from the space agency. This crucial piece of hardware will deliver 22,000 ...