NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel is possible without the annoyance of the boom, which is where its X-59 ...
How NASA’s X-59 recycled decades-old plane parts to make silent supersonic flight possible
The new supersonic plane breaks the mold with a radical new shape and digital cockpit, but it relies on ancient parts to make ...
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs ...
NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight
X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved ...
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NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
Vid The aircraft NASA hopes will usher in a new generation of transport that's supersonic but also relatively quiet has fired ...
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NASA begins X-59 engine runs and now aims for 2025 first flight
The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft's GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant ...
NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the ...
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NASA, Skunk Works Test Engine for X-59 Experimental Aircraft
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works subsidiary have started the first testing phase of an engine that will power the X-59 ...
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been ...
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X-59 experimental aircraft fires up its engine for first time on its way to takeoff
NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic ...
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NASA Begins Engine Tests on Experimental X-59
NASA has fired up the engine of its experimental X-59 supersonic aircraft for the first time at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works ...