NASA's X-59 Finally Goes Supersonic, Because Why Not Make a Sonic Thump Instead of a Boom
NASA's X-59 goes supersonic for the first time, proving you can break the sound barrier without sounding like the world's angriest thunderclap.
2026-06-06
2026-04-24
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NASA Celebrates a Decade of Letting College Kids Tinker With Airplanes, Results Surprisingly Good
NASA looks back fondly on a decade of turning university students loose on aviation's biggest problems, producing 1,100 future engineers and at least one plan to make planes fly like geese.
2026-04-20
NASA
NASA's X-59 Quietly Achieves Milestone Everyone Noticed When It Flew
NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has achieved the critical milestone of flying with its wheels retracted, because that's how flying usually works.
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