The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied on a ...

Agency's final stage of X-59 ground testing will culminate in the experimental model's inaugural flight, targeted for later ...

NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic ...

NASA has completed the first taxi tests of its experimental X-59 supersonic demonstrator, which aims to conduct low sonic ...

NASA's experimental X-59 jet, designed to halve the flight time between New York and London, has successfully completed taxi tests in California.

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Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 ...

NASA’s X-59 will help change the way we travel, bringing us closer together in much less time,” said NASA deputy administrator Pam Melroy in a statement.

American space agency NASA announced it has completed the electromagnetic interference testing for the X-59 supersonic test aircraft ...

If NASA’s bet on the X-59 pays off, it will revolutionize commercial aviation, making the journey from New York to Paris a four-hour joyride.

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. (Image credit ...