NASA test pilot Mike Lippert took the X-59 into the air for the first time on Oct. 21, flying the one-of-a-kind quiet ...

For nearly 11 years, test pilot Mike Lippert pushed high-performance aircraft to maximum performance.

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet is designed to surpass the speed of sound without producing sonic booms. Here's the latest on testing.

Not only did the X-59 increase its pace of flight testing, but it also hit a new top speed. During one of the week's flights, the aircraft reached Mach 1.53 (approximately 1,010 mph), its fastest ...

NASA’s experimental supersonic jet recently completed its 25th flight, racking up some serious miles in the air before its noise levels are put to the test. The X-59 took off from NASA’s Armstrong ...

The X-59 went supersonic for the first time on June 5, reaching a top speed of approximately Mach 1.1 (713 mph) and an altitude of 43,400 feet on an 81-minute mission from Edwards Air Force Base in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s experimental X-59 plane in flight on June 5, 2026, the first time the aircraft has reached supersonic speeds. NASA's ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet recently completed its 25th test flight. The goal of NASA's Quesst mission is to gather data that could lead to commercial supersonic flights over land. Future tests will ...

Air travel could once again move at the speed of sound. On Friday, while we were counting down the hours until the weekend, NASA took to the skies with its supersonic plane, the X-59, towards its ...

NASA has already proved that its needle-nosed X-59 can move seriously fast in recent test flights. Now, the next step is to find out whether it can break the sound barrier without announcing its ...

NASA's supersonic jet recently hit a testing milestone as the agency looks to set the stage for commercial air travel that whizzes passengers to their destinations faster than the speed of sound. In ...