Watch NASA's new experimental jet break the sound barrier for the first time

NASA is testing the X-59, an experimental plane that was designed to exceed the speed of sound without a loud sonic boom.
Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, NASA’s Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are ...

Watch NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Break the Sound Barrier for the First Time

As the aircraft broke the sound barrier, however, its quiet thump was not heard. A NASA F-15 chase plane flew nearby to ...
Tech Xplore

NASA's X-59 aircraft flies supersonic for first time

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for ...

Hermeus Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Makes History With First Unmanned Supersonic Flight

Discover how the Hermeus Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 achieved Mach 1.21 in its historic first unmanned supersonic flight. Read the full test flight details now!
ZME Science

NASA’s X-59 Is About to Crack the Sound Barrier Without the Boom — and Possibly Change How We Fly

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above mountains near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, May 12. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross For seven decades, ...
Interesting Engineering

US firm’s reusable launch system goes beyond Mach 4 speed twice, key for suborbital missions

General Hypersonics' achievement sets another ram-accelerated mass-to-velocity milestone and advances the company's goal of ...
AeroTime

NASA X-59 goes supersonic for first time in quiet-boom flight test program

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has flown faster than the speed of sound for the first time, marking a key step in the agency’s effort to usher in an era of civil supersonic flight over ...
Scientific American

NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time

This experimental plane, which reached supersonic speeds yesterday, is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound ...
autoevolution

NASA's Windowless Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Flies Faster Than Mach 1 for the First Time

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 ...
Space.com

Going supersonic! NASA's X-59 jet breaks sound barrier for the 1st time

The X-59, the centerpiece of NASA's Quesst ("Quiet Supersonic Technology") program, is designed to generate mild thumps ...
GlobalAir.com

Global 8000 in the pole position

At Mach 0.95, the Global 8000 is running at the absolute ceiling of subsonic production aviation, and Bombardier formalized ...