NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition - NASA
2024年1月9日 · NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on the first phase of its mission to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating a loud sonic boom. Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officially unveil the fully completed and freshly painted X-59 to the world during a rollout ...
Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst - Wikipedia
On April 2, 2018, NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a $247.5 million contract to design, build and deliver in late 2021 the Low-Boom X-plane. On June 26, 2018, the US Air Force informed NASA it had assigned the X-59 QueSST designation to the demonstrator. [7]
NASA Targets 2024 for First Flight of X-59 Experimental Aircraft
2023年10月12日 · NASA’s Quesst mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024. A one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft, the X-59 has required complex engineering from NASA researchers working with prime …
X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff - NASA
2024年11月6日 · NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, firing up its engine for the first time. These engine-run tests start at low power and allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by its own engine.
The Crew Escape System (CES) provides the pilot with an integrated ejection seat and canopy systems to ensure pilot safety during normal and emergency flight and ground scenarios.
Rollout of the X-59 Quesst Supersonic Plane - NASA+
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 mission to demonstrate how the X-59 can fly supersonic without generating loud sonic booms, and then survey what people hear when it flies overhead.
C59 Annotated Skymap - Science@NASA
2023年10月11日 · C59 Annotated Skymap. This star chart for Caldwell 59 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.
What Makes a Sonic Boom? The X-59’s design shape prevent shockwaves from coming together, reducing the loud sonic boom to a barely audible thump. Within a few thousand feet, the shocks have completely merged into an “N wave” and the signature retains that …
See the X-59, NASA’s new supersonic concept plane - CNN
2024年1月15日 · Time-saver: The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA's Quesst mission, which aims to minimize cross-country travel time by making supersonic flight over land feasible. Media preview: The X-59 is...
Special Report: X-59 Makes its Public Debut - NASA
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 its public debut on Jan. 12, 2024. This special report has all the details and background.