NASA’s X-59 Completes Historic First Flight

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, departing from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, and arriving at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The milestone marks a major step for NASA’s Quesst mission and its goal of enabling quiet supersonic flight over land. For more information about the X-59 and NASA's Quesst mission, visit www.nasa.gov/quesst

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• License: Public Domain (US Government)
• Category: Space

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