NASA Conducts Two Flight Tests on Same Day of X59 Supersonic Aircraft

NASA conducts two flight tests on same day of X59 supersonic aircraft

New Delhi: NASA is picking up the test tempo of its quite supersonic X-59 aircraft, which conducted two test flights on the same day for the first time, at 30 April. The test campaign began with its first flight in October 2025. During the test flights, the X-59 completed multiple test objectives, reaching between Mach 0.8 and 0.95, and altitudes between 12,000 and 43,000 feet. The test flights support NASA’s aims to complete the first two phase…

NASA's X-59 Flight Tests Expand to Two-Flight Days over Mojave Desert

NASA's X-59 Flight Tests Expand to Two-Flight Days over Mojave DesertAs NASA accelerates flight test operations for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft, its team is picking up the testing tempo. NASA recently completed two test flights of the X-59 in a single day for the first time, marking significant progress toward later phases of the Quesst Mission. Here we see the X-59's first flight of the day, and 11th overall.The X-59 aircraft builds on d…