The Quesst mission and a “silent” boom The X-59 sits at the center of NASA’s Quest mission, short for quiet supersonic ...

OSHKOSH – Commercial supersonic flights could be a thing again in the not-so-distant future. Fifty years after passenger supersonic travel over land was banned over noise concerns, NASA believes those ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft continues to make progress toward its first flight with a new successful round of testing. The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier ...

NASA's Quesst mission aims to revolutionize the future of quiet supersonic travel using the X-59, an experimental aircraft that will allow the team to gather real-world data on acceptable sound levels ...

Breakfast in New York, midmorning snack in London. Taxi tests are underway on a highly anticipated supersonic plane designed to quietly break the sound barrier — and slash flight time between New York ...

NASA's X-59 aircraft has been marching toward a fest flight since it entered development in 2016 with the goal of bringing back commercial supersonic travel. Next, the agency will test jet-mounted ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound. The X-59 aircraft soared Tuesday ...

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...

The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst, which stands for "Quiet SuperSonic Technology," is an experimental aircraft developed by Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works. That's the same organization that developed ...