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NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight
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NASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight

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

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NASA test pilot Nils Larson reaches for a hug from his wife after completing the X-59’s first flight on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The mission marked a key milestone in advancing NASA’s Quesst effort to enable quiet supersonic flight over land.

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NASAX-59First FlightEgressAviationHistoryLow Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstQuestCrew ChiefGround CrewSupersonic
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 Test Pilot Hugs Wife After Historic First Flight. NASA/AFRC, 2025-10-28. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0168-103.
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