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NASA’s new jet is about to break the sound barrier without a boom

After decades of thunderous sonic booms keeping supersonic flight grounded over U.S. cities, a sleek experimental jet from NASA is finally ready to rewrite the rules in the skies. The space agency’s X ...

NASA jet goes supersonic in California. What that means for air travel

California has played a central role in NASA's push to test its X-59 jet and usher in an era of commercial supersonic air ...

Here's how NASA's supersonic jet could transform commercial air travel

NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United ...

NASA’s silent X-59 breaks the sound barrier for the first time without a sonic boom, paving the way for the return of civilian supersonic flights

NASA's X-59 has officially broken the sound barrier. See how this "quiet" supersonic jet is paving the way for future travel.
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NASA’s $247M ‘Son of Concorde’ high-speed jet just broke the sound barrier — without the ‘boom’

Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” after its predecessor, successfully broke the sound barrier for the first time. The ...