A collaboration between NASA and Lockheed Martin has produced an experimental jet capable of flying beyond the speed of sound ...

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

Lockheed Martin's X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft completed its first flight, moving toward NASA testing for ...

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom— soared across the California desert in its first test flight on Tuesday, ...

July 22 (UPI) --NASA's quest for a quieter supersonic jet passed an early test after its X-59 aircraft was able to taxi at low speed at a manufacturing plant in California. The space agency on Tuesday ...

Why it matters: Supersonic flight has existed for nearly 80 years, but remains banned over land due to the deafening sonic booms produced when aircraft exceed Mach 1 (767 mph). NASA and Lockheed ...

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...

NASA's X-59 is taking slow steps towards supersonic flight, beginning taxiing tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The final part of Phase One development, it's the precursor to ...

NASA's experimental supersonic jet, the X-59, has completed its first successful test flight over the California desert.