The Aviationist

NASA’s X-59 QueSST Conducts Maiden Flight

After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...
Forbes

$630 Million To Change a Regulation: NASA’s X-59 Has Questionable ROI

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California during sunrise, shortly after completion of painting. NASA’s newest X-plane ...
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NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...