The X-59 is “Superonic” in NASA “keeps on the way to the way.
X-59 is designed from the ground to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing thunderous booms attractive. The 99-foot (30-meter) aircraft has a Radical design plotwhich eliminates a front air in the air; Pilots instead of see what is in front by an increased reaction motivated by the circuit camera system called in the NASA Student systemor xvs.
This month, NASA has taken the experimental plane for a driving, conducting known taxi tests. During these trials, NASA Pilot Test is driving X-59 on a path to low speed crews to ensure jet driving systems intended. Next, NASA and Lockheed Martin will make trials at high-speed taxi tests where X-59 accelerates near speed it will disappear.
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Taxi tests occurred in the US Air Force plant 42 facility at Paldale, California. The Air Force and its contractors use the plant to make and try classified plane; The X-59 is enhanced by Lockheed Martin, whose story “Skunk Working” facility is found in plant 42.
Some of the most advanced US military plane have developed several measures of 42, including the F-22 Raptor, the B-2 spirit, and the unknown RQ-170 Sentinel Spy Drone.
NASA’s recent retirement Sofia Airborne Observatory AricrafteThe “flying telescope,” also called plant 42 at home. The agency Space shuttle, The first available spacecraft in the world, also gathered and tried at the facility.
These taxi tests are just the most recent attempts that happen in the last few months. In the past this month, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) included to try a scale model of X-59 To a supersonic tunnel in the air To measure the noise made at the bottom of the plane.
Months before, on May 2025, NASA feeds data on aircraft computer Simulated flyingincluding experienced failures. One month before that, NASA is running X-59 by a “The speed of the machine“Similar to carrise cruise control, to ensure that its machine can proceed to a specified speed.
But 2025 begins the most photographer at all: AFTERBURNER TESTSIn which additional fuel is injected by hot airplane repairs.
If future X-59 attempts continue to be successful, the ones in charge of an attempted flight attempt to see the jet fly in the selected areas of data collection Quiser Sonic “Thumps” seen on the ground.
The last goal is to develop technologies that help bring supersonic flight back to the United States continent. Commercial supersonic flights are prohibited for decades because how to interfere with related Sonic booms can.
If X-59 and so on Supersonic Aircraft It can find ways to lighten the Sonic Booms, superson flying can return, reducing the flight periods, civilian response, civilian response, medical transportation and other applications.
