NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft lifted off for its second test flight on March 20, 2026, but a warning indicator forced the pilot to cut the mission short after just nine minutes in the air. The ...

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

NASA is ramping up its X-59 supersonic aircraft testing campaign with a series of envelope expansion test flights. On April 14, the space agency stress tested the X-59, with a pilot performing a ...

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 ...

California has played a central role in NASA's push to test its X-59 jet and usher in an era of commercial supersonic air ...

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 ...

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...

NASA's X-59 aircraft is currently undergoing "envelope expansion" testing, performing various maneuvers to validate its performance before reaching supersonic speeds. The X-59 is designed to produce a ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has officially gone supersonic for the first time, marking a major milestone in the agency's effort to make commercial high-speed air travel viable over land again.