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NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring
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NASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring

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

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, accompanied by a NASA F/A-18 research aircraft. A NASA F-15 research aircraft (not pictured) captured the image as the X-59 traveled to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, where it will begin flight testing for NASA’s Quesst mission, which aims to demonstrate quiet supersonic flight over land.

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NASAX-59F/A-18F-15First FlightAviationHistoryLow Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstQuestCrew ChiefGround Crew
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 in Flight with F/A-18 Research Aircraft Monitoring. NASA/AFRC, 2025-10-28. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0168-030.
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