X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Preps for Second Test Flight
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NASA's X-59 Quiet Supersonic aircraft, built with Lockheed Martin, is preparing for its second test flight at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. After its first flight in October 2025, the mission will have the aircraft take off from Armstrong, fly for about an hour, reach up to 20,000 feet and roughly 260 mph, and progressively fly faster and higher to test its reduced-boom sonic concept intended to enable overland supersonic flight.
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