{"id":440742,"date":"2026-05-29T02:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=aecd76173d9b6305754f1b4fd59285df"},"modified":"2026-05-29T02:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:01:59","slug":"going-low-and-slow-in-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=440742","title":{"rendered":"Going Low and Slow in Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\u2019s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA\u2019s Quesst<\/a> mission.<\/p>\n

The X-59 has completed initial test flights at high altitudes and near-supersonic speeds, opening the door for additional flights focused on its full operating range. These more recent, lower-altitude flights at lesser speeds are helping to confirm the X-plane\u2019s performance across a wide range of conditions, including flying with the landing gear both retracted and extended.<\/p>\n

Read more about this series of test flights.<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Jim Ross<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA\u2019s Quesst mission. The X-59 has completed initial test flights at high altitudes and near-supersonic speeds, opening the door for additional flights focused [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16073],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quesst-x-59"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440743,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440742\/revisions\/440743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}