Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.

Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 ...

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...

American space agency NASA sent a 19-inch scale version of the X-59 experimental aircraft to a Japanese wind tunnel for ...

After Nick Sheryka's dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn't ...

The blade tip speed limit of a propeller plane's propeller can determine the plane's top speed for reasons relating to design ...

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

Defying the so-called “sound barrier,” the Bell X-1's flight with Chuck Yeager at the controls pushed human flight into the ...

The future of flight is about to break the sound barrier, quietly. Meet NASA’s X-59 QueSST, a revolutionary supersonic ...

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. What's next for mach ...

Supersonic flight, but without the sonic boom During Boom's test flight in January, the company demonstrated what it calls "boomless cruise," a mode of flight that allows the aircraft to break the ...