Document X-59 in FW and testing

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company - Fort Worth - Chris Hanoch
Subject: Document X-59 in FW and testing
FP#: 21-03420
POC: Analiese Smith, Chris Higgins
Other info: X-59 in Fort Worth, testing; media visit 2-11-22

NASA’s X-59 undergoes a structural stress test at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The X-59’s nose makes up one third of the aircraft, at 38-feet in length. The X-59 is a one-of-a-kind airplane designed to fly at supersonic speeds without making aa startling sonic boom sound for the communities below. This is part of NASA’s Quesst mission which plans to help enable supersonic air travel over land

Photographer Chris Hanoch