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LRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-6

NASA / LRC · 2020-07-13 · photograph (digital archive)

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Lockheed Martin technicians work to align and check the fastener holes on the X-59’s fuselage skin. The aircraft, under construction at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump.

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SEG 450 Mid BaySkinTeam Members WorkingWorkingQuesstQuiet Supersonic TechnologyLow Boom Flight DemonstratorX-planeLow-BoomX-59 assemblyLBFDaeronautics
Credit lineLRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-6. NASA/LRC, 2020-07-13. Public domain. ID: LRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-6.
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