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NASA's X-59 silences the sonic boom – 3-hour cross-country flights are back

NASA's X-59 successfully reduced sonic booms from thunder-level 105 decibels to whisper-quiet 75 decibels, potentially ending the 50-year supersonic flight ban.
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Inside NASA’s X-59 Low-Boom Demonstrator

As the first major piloted NASA X-plane to fly in a generation and the first crewed, purpose-built U.S. high-speed research aircraft since the X-15 of the 1960s, the X-59 low-boom ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft soars in first flight highlights

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its historic first-ever flight. See the flight highlights here. Credit: NASA ...
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NASA tests low-volume supersonic jet that could slash air travel time

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound. The X-59 aircraft soared Tuesday ...