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NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight from California.

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft completed its second test flight on March 20, 2026, lifting off from the dry lakebed ...

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At the end of October 2025, American space agency NASA finally flew, for the first time, its brand-new X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft. It was a rather short, unspectacular flight, but it ...

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Though the X-59 was designed to negate the “sonic boom” typically found on supersonic aircraft, it has stayed well short of supersonic speeds—at least for now. NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft, part ...

NASA says the X-59 returned to flight after a cockpit warning that cut short its second sortie proved to be a false positive.