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NASA's X-59 Quesst successfully flew for the first time, testing quiet supersonic flight technology.
NASA’s X-59 Quesst, a Lockheed Martin-built experimental aircraft designed to produce a quiet sonic boom, successfully completed its first flight on October 28, 2025, from Palmdale, California, to Edwards Air Force Base.
Piloted by NASA’s Nils Larson, the 1-hour, 7-minute flight tested basic handling at subsonic speeds up to 250 knots and 12,000 feet, gathering data on flight control, avionics, and structural integrity.
The X-59’s unique shape aims to reduce sonic booms to a soft thump, supporting efforts to revise FAA regulations banning overland supersonic flight.
Future phases will expand speed and altitude, validate acoustic performance, and assess public response, with updated noise standards expected by 2030.
The aircraft will remain based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.
El X-59 Quesst de la NASA voló con éxito por primera vez, probando la tecnología silenciosa de vuelo supersónico.