NASA X‑59 Pilot Enters Cockpit for First Time
Mike Lippert, one of NASA’s X‑59 test pilots, sits in the cockpit of the agency’s X‑59 quiet supersonic research aircraft for the first time during an engine run at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Lippert is the third X‑59 pilot supporting NASA’s Quesst mission, which will demonstrate quiet supersonic flight over U.S. communities and gather public feedback on the aircraft’s quieter sonic “thump.”
- Date
- 2025-04-09
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- NASA/Carla Escamilla
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- AFRC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
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- photograph
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