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Excitement for NASA’s X-59 First Flight

NASA / AFRC · 2025-10-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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A sign at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, reads “GO X-59” ahead of the agency’s quiet supersonic research aircraft’s first flight on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The X-59 departed from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility and landed at Edwards Air Force Base after a 67-minute flight, then taxied to Armstrong, completing its historic first flight.

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NASA X-59 First Flight Taxi Aviation History Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Quesst Quest Crew Chief Ground Crew Supersonic

Institution: NASA Image and Video Library
Catalogue identifier: AFRC2025-0168-002_altered
Arkivism identifier: nasa-AFRC2025-0168-002_altered
Date: 2025-10-27
Medium: photograph (digital archive)
Image dimensions: 1,280 × 853 px

Credit lineExcitement for NASA’s X-59 First Flight. NASA/AFRC, 2025-10-27. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0168-002_altered.

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