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Can AI and new materials improve aerospace design? Inside NASA TTT research

NASA’s Transformational Tools and Technologies project integrates AI, advanced materials, and computational methods to ...

NASA, Lockheed's Supersonic X-59 ‘Returned Prematurely' on Second Flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59-a prototype design for a quiet, supersonic commercial airliner-"returned prematurely" to ...

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Is Back for Round 2. Here’s What to Expect

For the second flight, NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less will be at X-59’s controls. Less will take off and land the aircraft ...

Pilot didn't mind NASA's experimental plane doesn't have a front window

Nothing seemed amiss as NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet touched down after its second test in the air, smoothly ...
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NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...
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NASA testing supersonic aircraft that produces no sonic booms

HAMPTON, Va. — NASA is in the process of testing a new, experimental aircraft designed to achieve supersonic flight… but without the loud, sonic boom. The X-59 QUESST — short for Quiet SuperSonic ...