NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
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NASA Snaps the Throttle of Its X-59 Supersonic Demo Plane, First Flight Coming in 2025
American space agency NASA announced it has concluded the ground engine tests for the X-59 supersonic airplane, first flight coming later this year ...
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated ...
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Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane
The sky is awash with radio-frequency interference (RFI), but thanks to two astronomers who tracked down a stray TV broadcast ...
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Quiet NASA Supersonic X-59 Jet Moves Closer to Maiden Flight
NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed three engine run tests of the X-59 aircraft for its planned 2025 first flight under ...
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NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane's Engine Test-run Successful
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the ...
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Trump tours updated Boeing plane to highlight delay in delivery of new Air Force One
President Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker's delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential ...
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DC plane crash: New details emerge from NTSB investigation
All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed in the crash. There's no indication the U.S. Army Black Hawk crew could tell there was an impending collision before its devastating ...