NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month
NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over Rogers Dry Lake near the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
A rendering the XVS system inside the X-59 cockpit. The XVS provides pilots with an augmented reality view to compensate for the jet's lack of a forward facing windscreen.
One of NASA's F-15B research jets performing a calibration flight of a shock-sensing probe designed for the X-59 test campaign as it flies over Edwards, California on Aug. 6, 2024.
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