COVID-19 Delays First Flight Of NASA’s Low-Boom X-Plane Demo

NASA’s X-59 will mimic the reduced sonic boom of a small quiet supersonic transport aircraft.
Credit: NASA
Already on a tight schedule to deliver community acceptance data to regulators, NASA has revealed that COVID-19 challenges have pushed the first flight of its X-59 QueSST low-boom flight demonstrator back to summer 2022, from late 2021. “None of the schedule adjustments threaten the timing of the...

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