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NASA’s X-59 Sits on Ramp
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NASA’s X-59 Sits on Ramp

NASA / HQ · 2023-12-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California during sunrise, shortly after completion of painting. With its unique design, including a 38-foot-long nose, the X-59 was built to demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, while reducing the typically loud sonic boom produced by aircraft at such speeds to a quieter sonic “thump”.

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NASAX-59Low Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstSupersonicMachSonic BoomQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesFlightAeronauticsLockheed Martin
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 Sits on Ramp. NASA/HQ, 2023-12-12. Public domain. ID: AFRC2023-0198-01.
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