NASA Rolls Out X-59 Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator
The X-59 will fly at Mach 1.4 without a sonic boom
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California.
NASA’s X-59 Quesst aircraft is pictured outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California. © Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

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