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NASA’s X-59 QueSST supersonic aircraft moves one step closer to its first flight test

NASA’s X-59 QueSST supersonic aircraft moves one step closer to its first flight test after moving from its construction site to the space between the hangar and runway at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The next step will be a series of ground tests to ensure the X-59 is safe and ready to fly. X-59 is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound while reducing the resulting sonic boom to a thump for people on the ground.