Unveiling the Future of Supersonic Travel! NASA and Lockheed Martin join forces to create the game-changing X-59 Quesst, designed to revolutionize supersonic airline travel. Discover the ...

The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft ...

NASA's X-59 lights up the night sky with its unique Mach diamonds, also known as shock diamonds, during maximum afterburner testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The test ...

Credit: NASA EDWARDS AFB, California—NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed key engine and electromagnetic interference (EMI) checks on the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft ...

“We expect the X-59 sonic thump to be as low as about 75 perceived loudness decibels,” Larry Cliatt, sub-project manager for the Quesst acoustic validation phase, said in an update last year.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed three engine run tests of the X-59 aircraft for its planned 2025 first flight under the agency’s Quesst program mainly addressing the noise pollution of ...

As part of its Quesst mission, NASA is building a piloted, research aircraft called the X-59 to demonstrate low noise supersonic flight. After initial flight testing to ensure the aircraft performs as ...