The debut of NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft is hoped to revolutionise commercial air travel in the US, paving the way for flights that can travel faster than the speed of sound. NASA debuted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's X-59 experimental aircraft is moving through its test campaign at a faster clip, bringing the quiet supersonic demonstrator ...

The NASA X-59 Quesst aircraft, built by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, took roughly seven months from its first flight on October 28, 2025, to safely cross the sound barrier for the first time on June 5 ...

The experimental, supersonic X-59, developed for NASA by Lockheed Martin, may be just months away from soaring over communities across the U.S. The X-59-sometimes dubbed the "Son of Concorde" for its ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

An experimental aircraft commissioned by NASA will fly over major US cities at faster than the speed of sound. The purpose of the X-59 plane is to gather evidence that will determine if supersonic ...

Experimental aircraft completed six flights in four days as NASA expanded its flight envelope ahead of acoustic testing ...

NASA is ramping up its X-59 supersonic aircraft testing campaign with a series of envelope expansion test flights. On April 14, the space agency stress tested the X-59, with a pilot performing a ...

The second test flight of NASA's X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft ended with a minor glitch. However, it wasn't too serious, according to the US space agency. The X-59 Quesst took off from Edwards Air ...

NASA's experimental aircraft X-59 has flown faster than sound for the first time. It is a flying testbed for quiet supersonic flights. The flight took place on June 5 at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

Not only did the X-59 increase its pace of flight testing, but it also hit a new top speed. During one of the week's flights, the aircraft reached Mach 1.53 (approximately 1,010 mph), its fastest ...

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...