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Test Pilots Inspect Newly Painted X-59
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Test Pilots Inspect Newly Painted X-59

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

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NASA and Lockheed Martin test pilots inspect the painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.

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NASAX-59Low Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstSupersonicMachSonic BoomQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesFlightAeronauticsLockheed Martin
Credit lineTest Pilots Inspect Newly Painted X-59. NASA/HQ, 2023-12-12. Public domain. ID: AFRC2023-0198-12.
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