The X-59 is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating a loud sonic boom. The ultimate goal is to prove that quiet supersonic flight is a viable option for commercial airlines.

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...

NASA’s X-59, the revolutionary supersonic jet designed to break speed records without the disruptive sonic boom, has ...

The X-59 is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating a loud sonic boom. The ultimate goal is to prove that quiet supersonic flight is a viable option for commercial airlines.

THE wheels are off in the battle to achieve supersonic air travel as NASA’s “Son of Concorde” passes another major milestone. The X-59 passed its latest test with flying colours ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Pilots tell CNN Travel the secrets of flying the ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flew with its "wheels-up" for the first time this month, marking a major ...

NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft has completed its first flights with landing gear retracted, advancing its mission to replace the disruptive sonic boom with a softer 'thump.' The Quesst program seeks ...

Generally speaking, when an aircraft goes supersonic, everybody around it knows it, as the sonic boom it generates when breaking through the sound barrier makes no secret of what is going on. Could ...

The US taxpayer invested $1 billion in a supersonic plane that never took to the skies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is getting ready to go supersonic in California. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel ...