NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...
Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence behaves at extreme speeds, a critical hurdle for designing these aircraft. Their ...
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The X-59 ‘Quesst’ Plane Just Took Its Second Flight
Though the X-59 was designed to negate the “sonic boom” typically found on supersonic aircraft, it has stayed well short of supersonic speeds—at least for now.
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Why a tiny secret plane changed America’s path to space
In the late 1940s, America was running into a terrifying problem in high-speed flight. Engineers were pushing faster and faster, but the transonic region was full of violent instability, bad data, and ...
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. The Bell X-1 hangs today from the ceiling of the National Air ...
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