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The X-59 Goes Supersonic: What's Next? artwork
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The X-59 Goes Supersonic: What's Next?

Small Steps, Giant Leaps by Katie Konans

Aug 25, 202615:45Science & Medicine

NASA’s experimental X-59 airplane went supersonic for the first time on June 5, 2026. What's next for the mission that aims to reopen the skies to quiet commercial supersonic flight?

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