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NASA’s X-59 Lifts Off for First Flight
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NASA’s X-59 Lifts Off for First Flight

NASA / AFRC · 2025-10-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The aircraft’s first flight marks the start of flight testing for NASA’s Quesst mission, the result of years of design, integration, and ground testing and begins a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.

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NASAX-59First FlightTakeoffAviationHistoryLow Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstQuestCrew ChiefGround CrewSupersonic
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 Lifts Off for First Flight. NASA/AFRC, 2025-10-28. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0168-014.
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