NASA’s X-59 Begins Taxi Tests
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft taxis across the runway during a low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on July 10, 2025. The test marks the start of taxi tests and the last series of ground tests before first flight.
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Keywords
NASAX-59Low Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstTaxi TestLow Speed TaxiSupersonicMachSonic BoomQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesFlightAeronauticsLockheed MartinSpeedAFRCArmstrong Flight Research CenterLangley Research CenterAmes Research CenterGlenn Research CenterSonic ThumpCommercial Supersonic TechnologyAirplanesTowerPalmdaleCaliforniaLBFD
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NASA ID
AFRC2025-0112-06
Date Created
July 10, 2025
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Carla Thomas
Location
AFRC
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