NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59-a prototype design for a quiet, supersonic commercial airliner-"returned prematurely" to ...

The X-59 isn't 'thumping' yet.

NASA's quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft completed its second test flight, marking the start of an expanded flight campaign ...

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

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft lifted off for its second test flight on March 20, 2026, but a warning indicator forced ...

NASA announced on Friday that the experimental supersonic X-59 low-boom flight demonstrator aircraft made its second flight.

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight testing in 2026.

At the end of October 2025, American space agency NASA finally flew, for the first time, its brand-new X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft. It was a rather short, unspectacular flight, but it ...

For the second flight, NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less will be at X-59’s controls. Less will take off and land the aircraft ...

NASA’s X-59 returned early from its second test flight after a return-to-base call as the pilot and aircraft landed safely at ...