On April 3, 2026, NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less pulled the landing gear up on the X-59 quiet supersonic jet for the first ...

On Oct. 28, 2025, a slender, 100-foot-long jet with no forward-facing windshield lifted off from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk ...

NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is getting ready to go supersonic in California. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aviation history was just very quietly made in the skies of Southern California. NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first ...

NASA’s supersonic jet X-59 soared through California’s skies this week, in its first successful test flight, potentially marking another step toward faster commercial air travel. NASA, alongside ...

THE wheels are off in the battle to achieve supersonic air travel as NASA’s “Son of Concorde” passes another major milestone.

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...

The X-59 is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating a loud sonic boom. The ultimate goal is to prove that quiet supersonic flight is a viable option for commercial airlines.