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NASA’s X-59 Quesst Supersonic Jet January 18, 2024 December 12, 2023 - Scenes of NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic (Quesst) research jet on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California during sunrise, shortly after completion of its painting. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter. The X-59's unique design and size ... 99.7 feet long including a thin, tapered 38-foot-long nose and 29.5 feet wide ... the X-59 was built to demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound ... expected to fly at Mach 1.4 / 925 mph ... while reducing the typically loud sonic boom produced by aircraft at such speeds to a quieter sonic “thump”. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter. Image created by USA Patriotism! from NASA photos by Steve Freeman. Americans | I Am An American! | We The People | America's Destiny | Give Thanks | Love and Pride of USA | National Will God and Country | One Nation Under God | America's Symbol | Old Glory | Hooray USA! | America, My Home! Our Valiant Troops | I Am The One | Answering The Call | Brave Young | Brave Blue | Our Heroes, America's Best Veterans | Citizens Like Us | Vietnam War Veterans | Spouses Serve Too Honoring The Fallen | Don't Weep For Me | Remember The Fallen | Tears For Your Fallen | Our Wounded |
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