NASA’s X-59 Team Testing Aircraft Performance at All Speeds

Although NASA’s X-59 is designed to fly supersonic, its test flight schedule is about more than just going gradually faster and higher – sometimes, to make sure the aircraft is fully mission-ready, slower and lower is the way to go. The X-59 has completed initial test flights at high altitudes and near-supersonic speeds, opening the […] The post NASA’s X-59 Team Testing Aircraft Performance at All Speeds appeared first on NASA Science.