NASA’s Shows Off Green, Quiet Supersonic Jet To Reshape Aviation: X-59 Test Flights Start 2024
NASA has officially unveiled the prototype of its strikingly elongated X-59 aircraft. Acting Administrator Robert Pearce hailed it as a "nearly 100-foot step forward" toward quiet supersonic travel over populated areas. Scheduled to start test flights in 2024, the US space agency hopes data gathered by the plane,...