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 Artist illustration of the X-59 coming out of a hangar.
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 The X-59 Quesst aircraft is rolled out at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Palmdale, California. Photo credit: Lockheed Martin
 Quesst Rollout Watch Party We invite you to celebrate with NASA Aeronautics as we roll out the newly painted X-59 and get the aircraft ready for its first flight. Join us virtually for the Rollout Ceremony and host your very own watch party. Our watch party maps will highlight all of the great celebrations taking place around the U.S. and the world. Make sure to contact us and add your event to the map!
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 Map Check out these watch party maps to see where all the parties are going on across the United States and around the planet. Send us a message at aeroSTEM@nasa.onmicrosoft.com to tell us where your watch party is happening and we’ll add your location to the maps.Purple = K-12Green = Post-secondaryBlue = NASA CentersOrange = MuseumsYellow = CommunitiesRed = Business Email Us
 World Map showing the different locations of the Quesst Rollout Watch Party.
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 January 12, 2024 at 1pm Pacific Time NASA Aeronautics and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works will be unveiling the X-59, and you’re invited to host a watch party. Save the Date Flier
 X-59 Watch Party. January 12, 2024. NASA Aeronautics and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works will be unveiling the X-59, and you’re invited to host a watch party.
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 Join NASA and the Quesst mission for the unveiling of the X-59, the supersonic research aircraft built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works. The X-59 will help NASA study sound and help reduce the sonic boom made by supersonic flight to a sonic thump. Because of the loud interrupting sound, supersonic flight has been banned over land since 1973. This is an important historical milestone for the future of aviation, so don’t miss out and sign up today at aeroSTEM@nasa.onmicrosoft.com to let us know you want to host a watch party in your area. We look forward to hearing from you! Sign Up to Watch
 The X-59 getting prepared to be moved out of the hangar. The X-59 is lowered to the ground at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California following a crane operation to remove it from the back of its transportNASA / Lauren Hughes
 Live from NASA The ceremony and rollout of the aircraft will stream live on the NASA+ streaming service beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 12, 2024. Coverage also will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and on the agency’s website. Watch the X-59 Rollout Ceremony live!
 NASA's X-59 parked inside the hangar with a head-on view. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is parked near the runway at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 19, 2023. This is where the X-59 will be housed during ground and initial flight tests.Lockheed Martin
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 Are you hosting a watch party? Take a look at the resources we have for you here. Don’t see what you need? Maybe we have it! Send us an email at aeroSTEM@nasa.onmicrosoft.com, and we’ll try to help you!
 Parallel lines extending outward from the aircraft depict acoustic shockwaves the X-59 is predicted to create during supersonic flight that will result in a quieter sonic “thump”.
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 X-59 being moved from the construction site. NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moved from its construction site to the flight line — or the space between the hangar and the runway — at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California on June 16, 2023. The move allowed the X-59 team to perform safety and structural testing, critical steps toward first flight.Lockheed Martin
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