9K views · 105 reactions | NASA’s X-59 historic test flight  Yesterday, the X-59, designed to break the sound barrier with minimal noise, took to the skies for the first time. After takeoff, the aircraft turned north toward Edwards Air Force Base, where it landed safely about an hour later near NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. | Aviation Addicts | Facebook

91K views · 1.3K reactions | NASA's supersonic X-59 jet took its first test flight this week in California, with an agency official calling the plane "the future of supersonic travel." The aircraft's unique shape allows it to travel more quietly than the disruptive Concorde flights that led to a ban of supersonic travel over the U.S. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/FbqIEt | ABC News | Facebook

This time-lapse represents manufacturing of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft from May 2019 to June 2021 and includes the merger of its main sections - the wing, tail assembly, and fuselage or forward section. The first flight of the X-59 QueSST is planned for 2022. 📹 Credits: Lockheed Martin More: https://go.nasa.gov/3zVqKY5 | NASA Aeronautics