Day: November 8, 2024

NASA’s X-59 ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Jet Test Fires Engine For 1st Time.

NASA’s revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA’s X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs of the jet’s engines at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The tests are going in phases. During the preliminary tests, …

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SpaceX’s Dragon Is About To Do Something To The ISS It’s Never Done Before.

SpaceX will boost the space station for the first time Friday (Nov. 8), as the company prepares to eventually kill the orbiting complex. A Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) will fire its engines for 12.5 minutes on Friday (Nov. 8), NASA officials said at a press conference Monday (Nov. 4). …

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