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NASA’s ultra-quiet X-59 jet just soared on its historic first flight

NASA’s experimental X-59 has finally traded the hangar for the sky, marking a historic first flight that could rewrite the ...

NASA's ultra-quiet X-59 aircraft just took to the skies for the first time

Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over ...
PRIMETIMER

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center lead research pilot David “Nils” Larson details early flight tests of the X-59 experimental aircraft

NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research ...
PRIMETIMER

X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft for monitoring

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
Flightglobal

NASA reveals details of X-59’s first flight, describes programme as ‘validation’

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...
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 ...
Flightglobal

NASA and Lockheed Martin achieve first flight of X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...