NASA's X-59 Shows Off Early Flight Test Maneuvers

NASA's X-59 Shows Off Early Flight Test Maneuvers(nasa.gov)

8 points by big_toast 17 days ago | 4 comments

big_toast 17 days ago |

This footage includes a landing this time. And I guess something akin to the cockpit HUD?

A post[0] from a couple days ago says they've reach ~0.95 Mach, ~43k feet, 10 flights, 11.7 hours of flight time with the longest flight at 1.7 hours.

[0]:https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2026/X-59...

cratermoon 17 days ago | |

The pilot buttered that landing, too.

chris-raygray 17 days ago |

This is very exciting,remind me of Concorde. There needs to be more private companies pushing the edge of what is possible. SpaceX is doing that with space travel and I feel there are similar opportunities in commercial air travel.

big_toast 17 days ago | |

I think one of the main goals of NASA QueSST program[0] is contributing to making commercial supersonic air travel happen.

And there's a lot of private companies contributing[1]. But makes me wonder where Boom/Hermeus/Astro Mechanica etc fit in.

[0]:https://www.nasa.gov/quesst-the-mission/

[1]:https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/companies-co...