NASA’s X-59 Completes Second Flight
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft takes off for its second flight Friday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-59 is central to NASA’s Quesst mission, which aims to demonstrate quiet supersonic flight by reducing the loud sonic boom to a softer sonic “thump,” potentially enabling faster commercial air travel over land.
- Date
- 2026-03-20
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- NASA/Carla Thomas
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- AFRC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
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- photograph
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