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NASA's X-59 Takes Shape

NASA has closed the wing and is ready to join the fuselage and empennage of its Mach 1.4 X-59 in preparation for first flight, now planned for 2022.

NASA declared the X-59 has reached the halfway mark in development, with the wing closed and fuselage and empennage readying to be joined. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

January 4, 2021

While NASA revised its timeline for the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) demonstrator to reflect anticipated first flight in 2022, the agency remains encouraged that construction of the X-plane had reached the halfway point by late last year despite complexities associated with the pandemic.

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