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NASA’s X-59 Flies for the First Time
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NASA’s X-59 Flies for the First Time

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. The aircraft is headed to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, 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-59First FlightAviationHistoryLow Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstQuestCrew ChiefGround CrewSupersonicMach
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 Flies for the First Time. NASA/AFRC, 2025-10-28. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0168-034.
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