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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight
X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved ...
X-59 Supersonic Test Jet Rolled Out At Skunk Works
NASA and Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Work advanced projects division have formally debuted the X-59 Quiet Supersonic ...
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X-59 experimental aircraft fires up its engine for first time on its way to takeoff
NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic ...
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NASA begins X-59 engine runs and now aims for 2025 first flight
The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft’s GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant for the first time, having started engine-run tests on 30 October.
NASA testing new X-59 aircraft engines, designed to fly supersonic speeds without the sonic booms
NASA has marked a major milestone in its creation of an experimental aircraft. A team has started engine testing for the X-59 ...
NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the ...
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
To help reduce the volume of its sonic booms, the X-59 features a unique geometry including an elongated, beak-like nose section that takes up 38 feet (11.5 meters) of the aircraft's 99.7-foot (30-m) ...
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NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...