NASA Reschedules Second X-59 Quiet Supersonic Flight for Performance Testing in California Aviation News – NASA has officially rescheduled the second flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft to Friday, shifting the timeline from its original Thursday window. The mission, departing from the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, serves as a critical step in evaluating the aircraft's early-stage handling and performance metrics. This second flight follows the aircraft's successful maiden voyage in October 2025, which focused on basic systems checks and initial pilot handling.

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FlightRadar24 capture of a test flight of the NASA X-59 QueSST vehicle.

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NASA Expands Supersonic Research Fleet With Two Retired F-15 Jets Aviation News – NASA has added two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 aircraft to its flight research fleet at Edwards Air Force Base in California, strengthening support for future supersonic flight testing. The aircraft will operate from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, where they will play a key role in advancing quiet supersonic technologies that underpin the agency’s X-59 Quesst mission.

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Niezwykle cichy samolot naddźwiękowy NASA X-59 QueSST odbył pierwszy lot testowy W październiku NASA wraz z amerykańskim producentem broni i sprzętu lotniczego Lockheed Martin zakończyły pierwszy udany testowy lot swojego eksperymentalnego samolotu naddźwiękowego NASA X-59 QueSST. Prezentuje one technologie, które mają szansę zrewolucjonizować lotnictwo. Umożliwia on bowiem loty z prędkością przekraczającą barierę dźwięku przy znacznie zredukowanym hałasie, co jest kluczowe dla ponownego dopuszczenia lotów naddźwiękowych nad […]

NASA X-59 QueSST wykonał pierwszy lot ✈️ Testy potwierdzają: nad dźwiękiem ma generować „cichy boom” zamiast huku 🔇 Cel: ok. 1490 km/h na 16,8 km i powrót lotów naddźwiękowych nad lądem. Rewolucja po erze Concorde? #NASA #X59 #QueSST

2/3 ✈️ Design revolucionário: fuselagem alongada, motor no topo e ondas de choque dispersas. Produto + processo + mercado novo. Voos comerciais Mach 1 sobre terra? Sim! Parceria NASA-Lockheed mostra que inovação radical vem da sinergia público-privada. #QueSST #Schumpeter

Skycards showing a capture of the X-59 Quesst

Skycards showing a capture of the X-59 Quesst

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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Completes Maiden Flight in California AviationNews – NASA’s experimental X-59 QueSST successfully completed its maiden flight today from Palmdale, California, marking a critical milestone in global efforts to lift the decades-old ban on supersonic flight over land. The aircraft, designed to demonstrate technology that drastically reduces the sonic boom, aims to bring back the era of ultra-fast commercial air travel. The test flight was successfully conducted on…

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NASA’s X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Completes First Flight - Air Data News NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator, built by Lockheed Martin, completed its first flight from Air Force Plant 42 on October 28. The aircraft flew for

NASA’s X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Completes First Flight #flighttest #LockheedMartin #NASA #QueSST #supersonic #X59 https://www.airdatanews.com/nasa-x59-first-flight/

Call for abstracts (deadline 1st October) - workshop on ethical and legal aspects of suicide surveillance technologies (held online on 26th November between 10am-5pm). For further details visit quest.org/events

We welcome submissions relating to the use of surveillance technologies in public spaces for suicide prevention, and are particularly interested in work exploring the following themes: The legal basis of deploying surveillance technologies Risks to personal rights & freedoms Mental distress & the law Data protection Stakeholder involvement: expectations & limitations Ethical considerations

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The #QUESST group will be holding an online Workshop on the #Ethical and #Legal Aspects of Suicide Surveillance Technologies

To find out more on how to submit an abstract and to register for the conference please visit www.quesst.org/events

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Die X-59 QueSST hat mit den Rollversuchen begonnen - Aerobuzz.de Das QueSST-Überschall-Forschungsflugzeug hat die nächste Phase des Programms erreicht. In Palmdale haben die Rollversuche begonnen. Der nächste Programmschritt ist dann der Erstflug. Die NASA und Lock...

Die NASA hat mit den Rollversuchen des Überschall-Forschungsflugzeugs X-59 QueSSt begonnen. ogy.de/ezp6 #QueSST

Dernière étape avant le premier vol du X-59 ! La NASA et Lockheed Martin ont débuté les essais de roulage du X-59, soit la dernière étape avant le premier vol.

Dernière étape avant le premier vol : le X‑59 Quesst de la NASA entame ses essais taxi à Palmdale, pavant la voie au supersonique silencieux.
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NASA's X-59 Completes First Taxi Tests Before First Flight - Air Data News NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took a major step forward on July 10, as it completed its first low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant 42

NASA's X-59 Completes First Taxi Tests Before First Flight. #LockheedMartin #NASA #QueSST #X59 www.airdatanews.com/nasas-x-59-c...

NASA’s X-59 lights up the night sky with its unique Mach diamonds, also known as shock diamonds, during maximum afterburner testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The test demonstrates the engine’s ability to generate the thrust required for supersonic flight, advancing NASA’s Quesst mission. Lockheed Martin Corporation/Gary Tice NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. During maximum afterburner testing, a test demonstrating the engine’s ability to generate the thrust required for supersonic flight, the aircraft showed off a phenomenon known as Mach diamonds, seen in this image from Jan. 22, 2025. Mach diamonds, or shock diamonds, appear in the exhaust of supersonic aircraft like the X-59. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to commercial supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. See what’s next for X-59. _Image credit: Lockheed Martin/Gary Tice_

Diamonds from NASA’s X-59 NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another success...

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<div class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image" id=""> <div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"> <div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"> <figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p25-007-06-9c232f-e1739306397798.jpg"><img alt="NASA's supersonic X-59 undergoes maximum afterburner testing at dusk, with a bright, fiery exhaust extending from its tail. Visible in the superhot plume, which features vibrant hues of blue, purple, and orange, are distinct Mach diamonds—also known as shock diamonds." block_context="nasa-block" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1238" loading="eager" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p25-007-06-9c232f-e1739306397798.jpg?w=2048" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 0% 57%; object-position: 0% 57%; object-fit: cover;" width="2048"/></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"> <div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">NASA’s X-59 lights up the night sky with its unique Mach diamonds, also known as shock diamonds, during maximum afterburner testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The test demonstrated the engine’s ability to generate the thrust required for supersonic flight, advancing NASA’s Quesst mission.</div> <div class="hds-credits"><strong>Credit:</strong> <strong>Lockheed Martin/Gary Tice</strong></div> </figcaption></div> </div> </div> <p>NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests.</p> <p>In preparation for the X-59’s planned first flight this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the aircraft’s engine run tests in January. The engine, a modified F414-GE-100 that powers the aircraft’s flight and integrated subsystems, performed to expectations during three increasingly complicated tests that ran from October through January at contractor Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.</p> <p>“We have successfully progressed through our engine ground tests as we planned,” said Raymond Castner, X-59 propulsion lead at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. “We had no major showstoppers. We were getting smooth and steady airflow as predicted from wind tunnel testing. We didn’t have any structural or excessive vibration issues. And parts of the engine and aircraft that needed cooling were getting it.”</p> <p>The tests began with seeing how the aircraft’s hydraulics, electrical, and environmental control systems performed when the engine was powered up but idling. The team then performed throttle checks, bringing the aircraft up to full power and firing its afterburner – an engine component that generates additional thrust – to maximum.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g44x7csWXsE?feature=oembed" title="NASA’s X-59 Fires Up its Engine and Afterburner During Test Series" width="500"></iframe> </div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In preparation for the X-59’s planned first flight this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the aircraft’s engine run tests in January. Testing included electrical, hydraulics, and environmental control systems. <br/><strong>Credit:</strong> <strong>NASA/Lillianne Hammel</strong> </figcaption></figure> <p>A third test, throttle snaps, involved moving the throttle swiftly back and forth to validate that the engine responds instantly. The engine produces as much as 22,000 pounds of thrust to achieve a desired cruising speed of Mach 1.4 (925 miles per hour) at an altitude of approximately 55,000 feet.</p> <p>The X-59’s engine, similar to those aboard the U.S. Navy’s F-18 Super Hornet, is mounted on top of the aircraft to reduce the level of noise reaching the ground. Many features of the X-59, including its 38-foot-long nose, are designed to lower the noise of a sonic boom to that of a mere “thump,” similar to the sound of a car door slamming nearby.</p> <p>Next steps before first flight will include evaluating the X-59 for potential electromagnetic interference effects, as well as “aluminum bird” testing, during which data will be fed to the aircraft under both normal and failure conditions. A series of taxi tests and other preparations will also take place before the first flight.</p> <p>The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/quesst">Quesst mission</a>, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to commercial supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter.</p>

NASA’s X-59 Turns Up Power, Throttles Through Engine Tests NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic resea...

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NASA testet X-59 mit maximalem Nachbrennerschub - Aerobuzz.de Die Bodentests mit dem Überschall-Experimentalflugzeug X-59 QueSST machen Fortschritte. Nun haben die Ingenieure erstmalig das Triebwerk des einzigartigen Flugzeugs mit vollem Nachbrennerschub laufen ...

Wichtiger Meilenstein erreicht: NASA-Ingenieure haben erstmalig den Nachbrenner des Überschall-Forschungsflugzeugs X-59 mit vollem Schub getestet. ogy.de/3dfh #NASA #X59 #QueSST #Supersonic

X-59: NASA’s "Quesst" for Quiet Supersonic Flight - NASA+ The X-59 aircraft builds on decades of supersonic flight research and is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission. After years of testing, teams across NASA

X-59: NASA's "Quesst" for Quiet Supersonic Flight

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