Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst - Wikipedia
The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst ("Quiet SuperSonic Technology"), sometimes styled QueSST, is an American experimental supersonic aircraft under development by Skunk Works for NASA 's Low- Boom Flight Demonstrator project. [2]
Quesst - NASA
Mar 28, 2025 · 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.
NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
Jan 12, 2024 · NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.
X-59 | Lockheed Martin
Unlock the future of supersonic travel with the X-59, a revolutionary plane designed to help NASA reduce sonic booms. Learn more from Lockheed Martin.
X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff - NASA
Nov 6, 2024 · NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, firing up its engine for the first time.
X-59: NASA’s “Quesst” for Quiet Supersonic Flight | NASA+
Dec 30, 2024 · The X-59 aircraft builds on decades of supersonic flight research and is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission. After years of testing, teams across NASA and Lockheed Martin settled on the aircraft’s distinct shape, which will enable the aircraft to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce a loud sonic boom to a quieter “sonic thump.”
X-59 | 3D Resources - NASA
The aircraft is a part of the Low-Boom Flight Demonstration mission, which has two goals: 1) design and build NASA's X-59 QueSST research aircraft with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to of a gentle thump to people on the ground; and 2) fly the X-59 over select U.S. communities to gather data on human responses to the sound ...
Rollout of the X-59 Quesst Supersonic Plane - NASA+
Jan 14, 2024 · Watch the rollout of NASA’s newly painted X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft live from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. Quesst is NASA’s mission to demonstrate how the X-59 can fly supersonic without generating loud sonic booms, and then survey what people hear when it flies overhead.
NASA unveils its revolutionary X-59 Quesst 'quiet' supersonic jet ...
Jan 12, 2024 · As NASA's newest X-plane, the X-59 is designed to break the sound barrier without the thunderous sonic booms that typically occur when aircraft go supersonic. Instead, the...
What is NASA’s Quesst Mission?
NASA's X-59 will fly faster than the speed of sound...quietly. The X-59 will feature innovative technology to reduce loud sonic booms to a quiet thump. X-planes are experimental U.S. airplanes and rockets that test new technologies and aerodynamic concepts.