For the first time, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has moved under its own power, officially kicking off its “taxi tests.” On July 10, 2025, NASA test pilot Nils Larson completed the aircraft’s ...

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after ...

Stuck in traffic on your way to work? Georgia Tech researchers say the answer to gridlock may one day come from the skies. Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert ...

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...

For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that creates a powerful sonic boom -- a huge noise that travels down to the ground below like a ...

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 ...

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft, marking another step toward its long-anticipated first flight. The aircraft moved under ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...