NASA's X-59 jet takes 'flight' without leaving the ground | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2025

The Agency has announced that it has subjected its equipment to several conclusive tests in recent days, without them leaving the test hangars. ...

NASA's X-59 jet takes 'flight' without leaving the ground | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2025

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, verifying how its systems work together, respond to pilot inputs and handle injected failures.

The christening of the air of the silent supersonic aircraft X-59 is waiting. Failing to see it really in flight, the Nasa made it pass a particular test: to fly it, without leaving the ground. The least we can say is that the X-59 knows how to be desired. Since its public presentation in January

Another Milestone for X-59

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The test verified how the aircraft’s hardware and software work together, responding to pilot inputs and handling injected system failures.Lockheed Martin/Garry Tice NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane…