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NASA Readies The X-59 For Its First Supersonic Flight, SpaceX's Starship Grounded And More Science Stories

Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews·staff@engadget.com (Cheyenne MacDonald)·2 days ago
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This week’s science news. NASA/Jim Ross This week, NASA shared more information about its planned moon base missions, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad and the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a supermassive black hole that researchers say "may have formed within the first second after the big bang." But first, we have updates on NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research plane and SpaceX's Starship following last week's test flight. Catch up here on this week's science news. Key test flights approach for NASA's quiet supersonic plane Over the last decade, NASA has been developing an aircraft that could one day reach supersonic speeds — or travel faster than the speed of sound — without producing the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with this feat. The plane, called the X-59, took its first ever flight back in October and has conducted several more in the months since. Now, NASA says it's ready to go supersonic.…

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