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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T18:02:08.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Aeronautics",
    "Armstrong Flight Research Center",
    "High-Speed Flight",
    "Low Boom Flight Demonstrator",
    "Quesst (X-59)",
    "Quesst: The Flights",
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  "textContent": "The envelope expansion phase of any experimental aircraft is critical, not just for pushing the aircraft higher and faster, but for understanding how the aircraft operates in flight. As NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft makes progress through its envelope expansion, the team is assessing data collected during specific maneuvers performed by the X-59’s pilot in flight. […]\n\nThe post NASA’s X-59 Shows Off Early Flight Test Maneuvers appeared first on NASA Science.",
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