NASA's Top Secret X-59 'Quiet' Supersonic Jet: Everything You Need to Know

The X-59 is an experimental aircraft being developed by four NASA research centers, General Electric and Lockheed Martin. The X designation is given to US aircraft and rockets that are used to test new technologies. The X-59 technology will allow the aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound over land and Reduce the loud sonic boom to a quiet thump. It is NASA’s first piloted experimental aircraft since the X-57 in 2016. Currently commercial airlines can’t fly faster than the speed of sound over land because it would create a very loud sonic boom. #X59 #Aircraft #Plane