Quieting the Boom: Meet NASA's X-59 Supersonic Aircraft | 60 Second Science

Quieting the Boom: Meet NASA's X-59 Supersonic Aircraft | 60 Second Science

What if you could fly from coast to coast in half the time? NASA's Quesst Mission is working to see if that vision can become reality.

Meet the X-59, NASA's quiet supersonic aircraft that will turn sonic booms into sonic "thumps" and could one day cut flight times in half.

The X-59's goal is to expand supersonic flight and provide regulators with data to help change existing national and international aviation rules that ban commercial supersonic flight over land.

Learn more here:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/quesst/

https://www.nasa.gov/flightlog

X-59 Free Maker Bundle (STEM Education):

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/x-59-maker-bundle-v8.pdf

Hablas español? Visita: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/el-x-59-se-asemeja-una-aeronave-real para aprender mas sobre la mision Quesst

Video Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Jan. 8, 2024

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