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NASA Developed an X-Plane that Can Go Supersonic Without a Boom

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Transport an experimental X-plane the organization has been developing with Lockheed Martin to decrease the strength of sonic booms — has passed an initial design review. It flew successfully in an 2.5-meter by 2-meter (eight-foot by six-foot) supersonic wind tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.

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