NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to Boom-Free Supersonic Travel Written 30 June 2026
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California | Credit: NASA/Steve Freeman; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Ars Technica reports, “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 to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away.”
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