NASA’s X-59 in Flight Above the Mojave Desert
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft cruises above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The aircraft traveled to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
- Date
- 2025-10-28
- Photographer / author
- NASA/Lori Losey
- Collection
- AFRC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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