{"id":692119,"date":"2026-06-08T19:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692119\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:25:13","slug":"supersonic-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692119\/","title":{"rendered":"Supersonic! &#8211; NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 5, 2026, NASA\u2019s\u00a0experimental X-59\u00a0aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time,\u00a0setting the stage for\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0its quiet supersonic capabilities\u00a0later this year. NASA test pilot<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tHvBS27M90k\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Jim \u201cClue\u201d Less<\/a>\u00a0took off\u00a0and landed\u00a0at Edwards Air Force Base\u00a0in California, reaching a top speed of approximately Mach 1.1 (713 mph). The\u00a0flight lasted 81\u00a0minutes,\u00a0with\u00a0the team focusing on flying qualities\u00a0at\u00a0both subsonic and then supersonic speeds.<\/p>\n<p>The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/quesst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quesst mission<\/a>, which aims to\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0quiet supersonic flight\u00a0and help enable commercial supersonic flight over land worldwide.\u00a0These advancements will help\u00a0travelers\u00a0reach their preferred destinations faster,\u00a0spending less time in the air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/x-59-first-supersonic-flight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the milestone and Quesst.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image credit: NASA\/Lori Losey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On June 5, 2026, NASA\u2019s\u00a0experimental X-59\u00a0aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time,\u00a0setting the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[6139,79,193],"class_list":["post-692119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-quesst-x-59","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692119","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=692119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}