NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.
NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over land quieter.
NASA's X-59 supersonic jet nears first flight, passes engine tests
NASA 's revolutionary X-59 jet, or the Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, has passed its first engine tests. The trials were held at Lockheed Martin 's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
NASA, Skunk Works Test Engine for X-59 Experimental Aircraft
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works subsidiary have started the first testing phase of an engine that will power the X-59 experimental aircraft being built to achieve quiet supersonic flights under the space agency’s Quesst mission.
NASA powers X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft for the first time
NASA has powered its X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft for the first time at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in California.
NASA Begins Engine Tests on Experimental X-59
NASA has fired up the engine of its experimental X-59 supersonic aircraft for the first time at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility.
NASA begins X-59 engine runs and now aims for 2025 first flight
The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft's GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant for the first time, having started engine-run tests on 30 October.
NASA testing new X-59 aircraft designed to fly supersonic speeds without the sonic booms
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NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Could Change Everything
NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for NASA's Quesst mission,
NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
A try called Quesst Vid The aircraft NASA hopes will usher in a new generation of transport that's supersonic but also relatively quiet has fired up its engines for the first time as a test.… The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (Quesst) airplane has been designed to generate what the agency refers to as a shaped sonic boom,
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X-59's Engine Started For Testing
NASA/Carla Thomas NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works ...