NASA’s X-59 Taxis to Runway for Historic First Flight
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft begins its taxi Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility to U.S. Air Force Plant 42’s runway in Palmdale, California. The aircraft taxied into position and waited for clearance before taking off for the first time.
- Date
- 2025-10-28
- Photographer / author
- NASA/Carla Thomas
- Collection
- AFRC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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