NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...
Though the X-59 was designed to negate the “sonic boom” typically found on supersonic aircraft, it has stayed well short of supersonic speeds—at least for now.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft completed its second test flight on March 20, 2026, lifting off from the dry lakebed ...
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In new milestones for autonomous flight and space exploration, NASA scientists captured audio from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time and sent Ingenuity on its fifth flight, scheduled ...
Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...
American aerospace startup Boom made history on Tuesday by breaking the sound barrier during the test flight of its Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator jet. The XB-1's flight, livestreamed from the ...