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NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff
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NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff

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

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took 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 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 Soars After Historic Takeoff. NASA/AFRC, 2025-10-28. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0168-016.
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