NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft set for new testing phase

The successful run of tests has the aircraft reportedly continuing on a path towards a new phase later this year, where NASA will evaluate the sonic thumps the X-59 is designed to make when flying faster than the speed of sound.

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The successful run of tests has the aircraft reportedly continuing on a path towards a new phase later this year, where NASA will evaluate the sonic thumps the X-59 is designed to make when flying faster than the speed of sound.

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