NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Could Change Everything

What You Need to Know: NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for NASA's Quesst mission, the X-59 aims to make commercial supersonic travel quieter by reducing the sonic boom to a soft thump.

-Ground engine tests, with a modified F414-GE-100 engine, confirm all systems' functionality and pave the way for further checks and taxi tests.

-This...