NASA’s X-59 Flight Tests Pick Up Speed with Two-Flight Days
NASA Science [Unofficial]
May 8, 2026
As flight operations for NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft accelerate, its team has picked up their testing tempo, completing two test flights in a single day for the first time. The first dual-flight day was on April 30 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Making its 11th and 12th flights, the X-59 […]
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