{"id":482568,"date":"2026-06-08T17:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/482568\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:05:11","slug":"nasas-low-boom-x-59-breaks-the-sound-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/482568\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Low-Boom X-59 Breaks The Sound Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    NASA\u2019s Low-Boom X-59 Breaks The Sound Barrier | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/graham-warwick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Warwick<\/a><br \/>\n                    June 08, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/x59_first_supersonic_flight_m_1.077_clean_copy.png\" alt=\"X-59's flight display reads Mach 1.077 (highlighted) as the low-boom testbed goes supersonic for the first time\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>X-59&#8217;s flight display reads Mach 1.077 (highlighted) as the low-boom testbed goes supersonic for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: NASA<\/p>\n<p>  NASA\u2019s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator conducted its first supersonic flight on June 5, reaching Mach 1.1 on an 81-min. mission from Edwards AFB, California. The flight focused on flying qualities at supersonic speed. Flown by NASA test pilot Jim Less, the single-seat, single&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/warwickgrahamsized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/graham-warwick\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Warwick<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Graham leads Aviation Week&#8217;s coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">NASA\u2019s Low-Boom X-59 Breaks The Sound Barrier is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Low-Boom X-59 Breaks The Sound Barrier | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Graham Warwick June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":["post-482568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}