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NASA's experimental X-59 jet breaks the sound barrier for 1st time in key test

NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental X-59 aircraft has broken the sound barrier, achieving a speed of Mach 1.1. The feat ...

Watch NASA inch closer to its sonic thump theory with the X-59's first supersonic flight

The purpose of the X-59 is to make faster air travel possible, without continually rattling the people of the continental U.S ...

NASA’s X-59 is built to make supersonic flight quiet, and the real test is whether Concorde’s biggest problem finally disappears

NASA’s X-59 is changing supersonic travel. Can it turn the explosive sonic boom into a quiet "thump" to bring back fast ...

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Just Hit Another Major Milestone

After breaking the sound barrier, NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet flew faster and at higher altitudes in preparation for its most ...
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NASA’s X-59 breaks the sound barrier. But what about the boom?

On June 5, NASA’s answer to that problem broke the sound barrier for the first time as the X-59 went supersonic over the ...
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Trump revives supersonic air travel five decades after a sonic boom test annoyed OKC

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to end the 52-year ban on supersonic flights in the United ...