NASA reveals details of X-59’s first flight, describes programme as ‘validation’

X-59 first flight 28 October 2025

Source: NASA

NASA has disclosed further details of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator’s maiden flight on 28 October, marking the first major piloted X-plane the agency has built and flown in over two decades.

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