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  • NASA's Test Flight Paves Way for Supersonic Travel's Return
    October 31, 2025
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    NASA's Test Flight Paves Way for Supersonic Travel's Return

    NASA's X-59 Quesst jet completed its first flight, aiming to reduce sonic boom noise and potentially enable future supersonic travel over populated areas. The aircraft's innovative design, including a long nose and top-mounted engine, minimizes shockwaves to produce a quieter "sonic thump" instea...

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  • NASA's Silent Supersonic Jet Makes Historic First Flight
    October 30, 2025
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    NASA's Silent Supersonic Jet Makes Historic First Flight

    NASA's X-59 aircraft completed its first flight, advancing efforts to enable commercial supersonic travel over land by reducing disruptive sonic booms. The X-59 is designed to transform shockwaves into a soft thump instead of a loud boom, aiming to influence regulatory changes that currently ban ...

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