NASA’s Newly Unveiled X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Eyes First Flight (Trailer)

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Published on January 16, 2024 - Duration: 01:09s

NASA’s Newly Unveiled X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Eyes First Flight (Trailer)

NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works recently unveiled the X-59 experimental aircraft, designed and built to reduce a loud sonic boom, associated with faster-than-sound flight, to a quiet sonic thump.

The X-59 now moves closer to its first flight — - a step toward making commercial supersonic flight over land a reality for everyone.

Researchers on NASA’s Quesst mission will work to understand people’s reactions to the X-59’s thump and give that data to regulators, who will then consider writing new sound-based rules to lift the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land.


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