2024年1月12日 · The X-59 is a unique experimental airplane, not a prototype – its technologies are meant to inform future generations of quiet supersonic aircraft. At 99.7 feet long and 29.5 …

2025年3月3日 · The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by …

2024年1月14日 · Watch the rollout of NASA’s newly painted X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft live from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. Quesst is NASA’s …

What is the X-59? NASA's X-59 will fly faster than the speed of sound...quietly. The X-59 will feature innovative technology to reduce loud sonic booms to a quiet thump.

2025年2月7日 · The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to survey the public’s response to quieter supersonic flight and provide data to regulators to consider …

X-plane approach that meets key requirements in a cost-effective design Design Parameters • Length: 99 ft • Span: 29.5 ft • Speed: Mach 1.4 (925 mph) • Altitude: 55,000 ft Image Credit: …

Crowds gather on Oct. 15, 1958, to admire the first X-15 rocket plane after its rollout from the North American Aviation plant in Los Angeles. One of NASA’s most historic aircraft, it flew 199 …

2024年1月12日 · The centerpiece of NASA's Quesst mission to enable a future that includes commercial supersonic air travel over land, the X-59 quiet supersonic technology aircraft made …

The X-59's unique shape—also known as its outer mold line—is designed to spread out supersonic shockwaves in a way that prevents the typically loud sonic booms heard on the …

2024年5月15日 · The X-59 aircraft is a bold, new design, but many of its components are from well-established aircraft, including landing gear from an Air Force F-16 fighter, a cockpit …