
Credit: NASA / Carla Thomas
NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft, marking another step toward its long-anticipated first flight. The aircraft moved under its own engine power for the first time on July 10 at Lockheed Martin’s Palmdale, California, facility...
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