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 ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

The X-59 QueSST aims to be the first supersonic aircraft to reduce the "boom" to a "thumb" and overcome one of the great ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 has finally traded the hangar for the sky, marking a historic first flight that could rewrite the rules for how fast passenger jets move over land. The ultra-quiet research ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...

PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works ® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet ...

Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: Space.com | foortage courtesy: Lockheed Martin|edited by Steve Spaleta Music: ...

Lockheed Martin's X-59 won CMTA's 2024 Coolest Thing Made in California. NASA and Lockheed built the X-59 to reduce sonic booms and gather noise data. CMTA contest drew over 200,000 votes and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jet being developed for NASA in the Southern California desert that aims to achieve supersonic flight without sonic booms has ...

If you're a fan of high-tech aircraft, you're going to love this! A much-awaited unveiling and a promise to revolutionize commercial aviation. “Today we are witnessing history,” said John Clark, ...

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...