A sign at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, reads “GO X-59” ahead of the agency’s quiet supersonic research aircraft’s first flight on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The X-59 departed from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility and landed at Edwards Air Force Base after a 67-minute flight, then taxied to Armstrong, completing its historic first flight.
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October 27, 2025
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