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NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time

Why don’t we have supersonic aircraft any more? Although commercial supersonic air travel kicked off in the 1960s with the arrival of the Concorde, since that jet was retired in 2003, there are no supersonic jets in common civilian usage any more.

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NASA powers X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft for the first time

NASA has powered its X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft for the first time at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in California.

Space on MSN · 1d

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.

The Register on MSN · 19h

NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft

A try called Quesst Vid The aircraft NASA hopes will usher in a new generation of transport that's supersonic but also relatively quiet has fired up its engines for the first time as a test.… The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (Quesst) airplane has been designed to generate what the agency refers to as a shaped sonic boom,

National Interest on MSN13h

NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Could Change Everything

NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on ...

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Nasa’s own ‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from London to NYC in 3.5hr makes major progress towards first flight

THE ‘Son of Concorde’ supersonic plane being built by Nasa has started testing its ‘quiet’ jet engines ahead of its first ...

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NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to ...

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NASA testing new X-59 aircraft engines, designed to fly supersonic speeds without the sonic booms

NASA has marked a major milestone in its creation of an experimental aircraft. A team has started engine testing for the X ...

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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 ...

TechCrunch on MSN6h

Supersonic aircraft startup Exosonic is shutting down

Exosonic, a startup developing supersonic commercial air travel and UAV tech, is winding down after five years of operation. In an update posted to its ...

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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 ...

Ultra-quiet 937mph Nasa plane would make London to NYC trip in 3.5 hours with ‘sonic thump’ instead of ‘banned’ boom

The supersonic aircraft is called the X-59 Quesst – and will cruise at altitudes of 55,000 feet at speeds of 937mph.

Space.com on MSN3h

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet sets new speed record during 7th test flight

During the Nov. 5 test flight, which lasted 55 minutes, XB-1 reached an altitude of 23,015 feet (7,015 meters) and a new top ...

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NASA supersonic plane with extremely unique design would travel from NYC to London in just three and a half hours

NASA is set to test a supersonic aircraft which has a speed equivalent of traveling between New York and London in around ...

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