The Quesst mission and a “silent” boom The X-59 sits at the center of NASA’s Quest mission, short for quiet supersonic ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

NASA’s groundbreaking X-59 supersonic jet recently completed its first flight, marking a historic milestone in aviation history. Developed in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, the X-59 aims to ...

Why it matters: Supersonic flight has existed for nearly 80 years, but remains banned over land due to the deafening sonic booms produced when aircraft exceed Mach 1 (767 mph). NASA and Lockheed ...

NASA's X-59 has finally taken flight. The X-59 is NASA's experimental new jet built to break the sound barrier without generating the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with supersonic flight ...

The boom-less supersonic jet race is on, following Boom Supersonic’s completion of testing earlier this year of its XB-1 test aircraft. The first successful U.S. commercial supersonic jet proved that ...