{"id":458889,"date":"2026-06-03T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458889\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:41:12","slug":"nasa-prepares-supersonic-jet-59-x-to-break-the-sound-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458889\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA prepares supersonic jet 59-X to break the sound barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/safir.af\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-03_08-15-27.jpg\" class=\"lightbox-enabled\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"780\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-03_08-15-27-780x470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA has announced that the experimental jet, X-59, will reach supersonic speeds for the first time during tests this month, flying at about Mach 1.4.<\/p>\n<p>Due to their special design and extremely long nose, these supersonic aircraft lack a windshield, and the pilot uses advanced cameras and augmented reality displays to view the flight path.<\/p>\n<p>The main goal of this project is to reduce the noise caused by breaking the sound barrier, which has prevented supersonic aircraft from flying over residential areas for decades.<\/p>\n<p>NASA hopes that if these tests are successful, decades-old restrictions on supersonic flights over cities will be eased and the groundwork will be laid for the return of ultra-fast passenger jets.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe that this technology could revolutionize the commercial aviation industry and rescue operations in the future, significantly reducing air travel times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA has announced that the experimental jet, X-59, will reach supersonic speeds for the first time during tests&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-458889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}