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NASA, X-59 and supersonic

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

“The first phase of the engine tests was really a warm-up to make sure that everything looked good prior to running the engine,” said Jay Brandon, NASA’s X-59 chief engineer. “Then we moved to the actual first engine start. That took the engine out ...

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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 toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.

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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,

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Astronaut Sunita Williams’ weight loss triggers NASA race to help her pack on the pounds: ‘I gasped out loud when I saw the last picture’

NASA doctors started working with Williams about a month ago to help her pack on the pounds — even before the viral images caused global concern about her health, a source said.

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Shocking picture shows Sunita Williams’ weight loss: Here’s what she can eat in space

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is facing health concerns after being stuck in space since June due to a spacecraft malfunction.

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Photos of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams's 'hollow cheeks' worries doctors about body weight loss

Though she is smiling and seems to be in good spirits, Williams looks remarkably hollow-cheeked than when she first boarded the orbiting workplace. Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore have been stuck on the ISS when their Boeing Starliner experienced technical malfunctions.

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Check Out the Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft

On its 66th flyby of the king of planets, Juno has captured spectacular views of the stormy atmosphere, processed by citizen ...

NASA’s Roman Telescope Unlocks New Chapter in the Search for Alien Worlds

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope team has integrated the innovative Roman Coronagraph Instrument, marking a major milestone in ...

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Space stations are loud — that's why NASA is making a quiet fan

"The Quiet Space Fan research is one more example of how we are actively working with private companies to foster the ...

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NASA defends selection of astrophysics probe mission proposals

NASA defended the selection of two concepts for study as the agency’s first astrophysics probe-class mission amid community complaints that the two missions are not on an equal footing.

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Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence With NASA via a Radio Transmitter Not Used Since 1981

The farthest spacecraft in the universe went momentarily rogue, but scientists breathed a sigh of relief when it reconnected ...

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NASA Jupiter Images Reveal Gas Giant in Spectacular Detail

Onboard Juno is its famed camera, dubbed "JunoCam." A two megapixel visible light camera, JunoCam is designed "to study 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 Parker Solar Probe to fly by Venus today before historic sun encounter

Today, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — the spacecraft's final maneuver around the ...

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NASA's Parker Probe Set to Pass Venus Before Record-Breaking Sun Orbit

The probe will orbit the sun "close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, like a surfer diving under a crashing ocean wave, ...

NASA Wants to Bring Welding Back to Space After 50 Years—This Time With Lasers

NASA Marshall engineers and scientists, along with their collaborators from Ohio State University, monitor laser beam ...

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