The milestone comes after a busy testing period for NASA. Since the first flight on 28 October 2025, the team has completed ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 plane is one step closer to making faster-than-sound flight quiet after the aircraft flew supersonic ...

Cross-country travel could one day look very different if NASA’s newest experimental aircraft lives up to its promise as its ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has broken the speed of sound, a major milestone toward quiet commercial supersonic flight ...

There might come a time, soon enough, when commercial supersonic flight over land could be possible all over the world. If that happens, history will probably remember the X-59 experimental aircraft ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight on Friday (5 June), marking the first ...

Agency says the experimental, quiet aircraft is expected to break the sound barrier in early June.

NASA has conducted the first supersonic flight test of its X59 quiet supersonic aircraft. The test campaign is geared towards ...

NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale, California, on Friday, is designed to turn the volume down on ...

Earlier this month, NASA unveiled the X-59 aircraft, its experimental supersonic jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound — with a "sonic boom" no louder than the bounce of a basketball.

NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a ...