Jet Engine Installed on NASA’s X-59 QueSST Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft now has the jet engine that will power it in flight. Earlier this month, at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility…
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Introducing NASA Quesst: X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft Mission
New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission Introducing Quesst. Evoking the experimental nature of flight testing and the spirit of aeronautical exploration, Quesst is what NASA…
Record Number of Grounded Flights: New Maps Show Airplane Contrails Over the U.S. Dropped Steeply in 2020
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact. As COVID-19’s initial wave crested around the world, travel restrictions…
Major Milestone As NASA’s X-59 QueSST Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft Comes Together
A heavy chorus of bolting and machinery filled the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, assembly building as engineers, system technicians, and aircraft fabricators worked…
Engineers Use Supercomputers to Tackle the Challenges of Hypersonic Flight
With a $20 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, Stanford researchers plan to use some of the world’s fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of…
NASA to Test Jet Engine With a Helping of Cereal and Crayons
While foreign objects continue to present dangers for commercial and military airliner passengers, NASA’s Aviation Safety Program is working on new technology that will use…
