NASA Delays X-59 Supersonic Aircraft First Flight to Next Year

NASA’s Quesst mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024 as it works through ‘several technical challenges identified over the course of 2023’. A one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft, the X-59 has required complex engineering from NASA researchers working with prime contractor Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. In addition to the […]