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NASA’s X-59 Completes Second Flight
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NASA’s X-59 Completes Second Flight

NASA / AFRC · 2026-03-20 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft takes off for its second flight Friday, March 20, 2026, near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-59 is central to NASA’s Quesst mission, which aims to demonstrate quiet supersonic flight by reducing the loud sonic boom to a softer sonic “thump,” potentially enabling faster commercial air travel over land.

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NASAX-59AviationLow Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstQuestSubsonicMachSonic BoomQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesX-plane
Credit lineNASA’s X-59 Completes Second Flight. NASA/AFRC, 2026-03-20. Public domain. ID: AFRC2026-0057-15.
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