{"id":3221,"date":"2025-07-12T03:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T03:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3221\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T03:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T03:28:04","slug":"putting-the-x-59-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3221\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the X-59 to the Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/x-59-model-tested-in-japanese-supersonic-wind-tunnel\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/x-59-model-tested-in-japanese-supersonic-wind-tunnel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel<\/a> located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft.\u00a0The model can be seen in the wind tunnel in this image released on July 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The test was an important milestone for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/quesst\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/quesst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA\u2019s one-of-a-kind X-59<\/a>, which is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without causing a loud sonic boom.\u00a0When the X-59 flies, sound underneath it \u2013 a result of its pressure signature \u2013 will be a critical factor for what people hear on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This marked the third round of wind tunnel tests for the X-59 model, following a previous test at JAXA and at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.\u00a0The data will help researchers understand the noise level that will be created by the shock waves the X-59 produces at supersonic speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: JAXA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-3221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}