NC State football missing offensive punch against Georgia Tech. Here’s who’s out

The NC State Wolfpack is without key offensive contributors for a big ACC football matchup against Georgia Tech.

‘South Park’ mocks Pam Bondi as Trump ‘brown-noser’

A Friday episode of “South Park” mocked Attorney General Pam Bondi by depicting her with feces on her face to paint the ...

Saturday Citations: Test flight of the X-59; a confounding quantum calculation; the universe is not simulated

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers ...

Supersonic travel could return – without the boom – as NASA tests X-59 jet

NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet recently completed its first test flight after years of development and delays. Aeronautical engineers at Lockheed Martin designed the aircraft to ...

NASA tests low-volume supersonic jet that could slash air travel time

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound.   The X-59 aircraft on ...

ABC & ESPN go dark for thousands of NC TV customers. Details on dispute

YouTube TV and The Walt Disney Co. did not make a new deal before the agreement expired at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30. The live TV service had asked the owner of channels such as ABC, FX, National ...

Lockheed Martin’s X-59 completes first supersonic flight minus the sonic boom

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Marks Historic First Flight

Fifty years after the US banned supersonic flights of civilians over land, a needle-nosed aircraft has risen from the ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 could slash coast-to-coast flight times — and silence the sonic boom

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight in California this week. If successful, the ...

NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

NASA and Lockheed Martin have successfully tested a supersonic jet designed to minimize noise. The X-59 jet took its first ...

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic X-59 jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph — soared across the California ...
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X-59 Debut Could Launch New Era for Commercial Aviation

The X-59 is the cornerstone of NASA’s Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, which launched in 2016. At the time, the ...