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NASA progresses X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator towards planned first flight before year-end

Though 2025 is ticking away, NASA still aims to complete the first flight this year of its X-59 Quesst quiet-supersonic demonstrator, saying the team is progressing into high-speed taxi tests and ...
The Aviationist

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. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...
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NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

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 ...
Space.com

New video takes you into the cockpit for 1st flight of NASA's new X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet

Cockpit views and flight video show the X-59 going through its paces over Mojave. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new video ...
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Nasa’s X-59 jet breaks the sound barrier without the boom, the future of flight just got real

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet completed its inaugural flight on Tuesday morning, October 28, over Southern California's Mojave Desert, approximately one hour after sunrise. The experimental aircraft took ...