On June 5, NASA’s experimental X-59 plane went supersonic for the first time. The aircraft zoomed through the sky at a top speed of about 713 miles per hour, or Mach 1.1, and an altitude of 43,400 ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has completed 25 test flights, with its 25th flight reaching Mach 1.2. NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s experimental X-59 plane in flight on June 5, 2026, the first time the aircraft has reached supersonic speeds. NASA's ...

NASA's X-59 jet has finally gone supersonic. The X-59, a long-nosed demonstrator designed to help develop the tech required for "quiet" supersonic flight, notched the milestone on Friday (June 5), ...

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's X-59 supersonic jet, designed to fly without sonic booms, just hit a testing milestone in California. Here's what comes next.

NASA's experimental aircraft reached a major milestone last week by achieving supersonic speed. It's a first for the agency as it moves closer to demonstrating a new era of quieter high-speed flight. ...

NASA’s experimental supersonic aircraft X-59 Quesst has completed the first phase of flight tests. Acoustic properties are now being tested.

NASA completed subsonic testing of the X-59 and is preparing software updates and acoustic evaluations ahead of the aircraft's first supersonic flights. The X-59 completed subsonic tests, with data ...

NASA has already proved that its needle-nosed X-59 can move seriously fast in recent test flights. Now, the next step is to find out whether it can break the sound barrier without announcing its ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has pointed to the development of a new experimental aircraft capable of operating at ...