NASA’s X-59 is quietly reaching significant milestones.

"So I won't be able to see where I'm going without a little help." ...

On the afternoon of June 5 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the ‘X-59’ aircraft, which took off by thrusting into the ...

Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” after ...

NASA's X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin, has broken the sound barrier twice in a row, during test flights conducted roughly one week apart. The ...

After breaking the sound barrier, NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet flew faster and at higher altitudes in preparation for its most ...

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...

After months of test flights, NASA’s X-59 aircraft is gearing up for its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier without producing a loud, thunder-like clap. The experimental aircraft is set ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 plane is one step closer to making faster-than-sound flight quiet after the aircraft flew supersonic for the first time on June 5, reaching a peak speed of 713 miles per ...

The U.S. Air Force is the entity responsible for assigning X-number designations to important experimental aircraft and rockets that dates back to 1947. The new experimental supersonic X-plane was ...

Just days after NASA’s experimental X-59 plane flew at supersonic speeds for the first time, the space agency has announced another milestone for the research aircraft. The plane is designed to travel ...

It’s been less than a year since an American defense startup called Hermeus flew the first prototype of its supersonic drone, the Quarterhorse Mk 1, and this crew has already managed to go past the ...