NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed by Skunk Works for NASA’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator project. The first engine tests, which were carried out on Oct. […]

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