The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...
NASA's X-59 has officially broken the sound barrier. See how this "quiet" supersonic jet is paving the way for future travel.
NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United ...
An aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier without producing an ear-shattering bang: that is the feat achieved by NASA's X-59. On June 5, 2026, this long-nosed aircraft reached ...
Just days after NASA’s experimental X-59 plane flew at supersonic speeds for the first time, the space agency has announced ...
NASA's X-59 has officially gone supersonic. See how this experimental jet aims to turn disruptive sonic booms into a quiet ...
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos ...
On June 5, NASA’s experimental X-59 plane went supersonic for the first time. The aircraft zoomed through the sky at a top speed of about 713 miles per hour, or Mach 1.1, and an altitude of 43,400 ...