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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs ...
NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel is possible without the annoyance of the boom, which is where its X-59 ...
How NASA’s X-59 recycled decades-old plane parts to make silent supersonic flight possible
The new supersonic plane breaks the mold with a radical new shape and digital cockpit, but it relies on ancient parts to make ...
NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the ...
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NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
Vid The aircraft NASA hopes will usher in a new generation of transport that's supersonic but also relatively quiet has fired ...
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NASA, Skunk Works Test Engine for X-59 Experimental Aircraft
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works subsidiary have started the first testing phase of an engine that will power the X-59 ...
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NASA Begins Engine Tests on Experimental X-59
NASA has fired up the engine of its experimental X-59 supersonic aircraft for the first time at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works ...
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NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
“The first phase of the engine tests was really a warm-up to make sure that everything looked good prior to running the engine,” said Jay Brandon, NASA’s X-59 chief engineer. “Then we ...
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NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Could Change Everything
NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for NASA's Quesst ...
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NASA's X-59 supersonic jet nears first flight, passes engine tests
NASA 's revolutionary X-59 jet, or the Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, has passed its first engine tests. The ...
SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites in back end of coast-to-coast double launch
SpaceX is scheduled to launch another round of Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit, with a launch set to leave the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday morning.
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NASA X-59 Engine Run Clearing Path to First Flight
Techinical challenges have pushed the first flight of NASA's X-59 demonstrator to 2025, but the program moved closer with the ...