Document X-59 in FW and testing
NASA’s X-59 undergoes a structural stress test at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The X-59’s nose makes up one third of the aircraft, at 38-feet in length. The X-59 is a one-of-a-kind airplane designed to fly at supersonic speeds without making aa startling sonic boom sound for the communities below. This is part of NASA’s Quesst mission which plans to help enable supersonic air travel over land
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LRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-23
Date Created
February 11, 2022
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LRC
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image
Photographer
Chris Hanoch
Location
Fort Worth, TX
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