{"id":217015,"date":"2022-07-27T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg"},"modified":"2023-07-28T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T13:59:09","slug":"preparing-next-generation-of-flight-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/preparing-next-generation-of-flight-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the Next Generation of Flight"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[10822,12234,12236,12245],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"Lockheed Martin","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A technician works on the X-59 model during testing in the low-speed wind tunnel.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight. One part of this safety check is to analyze data collected for the X-59’s flight control system through low-speed wind tunnel tests.<\/p>\n<p>The X-59 is central to NASA’s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/lowboom\/overview\">Quesst<\/a> mission to expand supersonic flight and provide regulators with data to help change existing national and international aviation rules that ban commercial supersonic flight over land. The aircraft is designed to produce a gentle thump instead of a sonic boom.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, completed low-speed wind tunnel tests of a scale model of the X-59’s forebody. The tests provided measurements of how wind flows around the aircraft nose and confirmed computer predictions made using computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, software tools. The data will be fed into the aircraft flight control system and will allow the pilot to know the altitude, speed and angle that the aircraft is flying at in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>In this image, a technician works on the X-59 model during testing in the low-speed wind tunnel, in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/low-speed-wind-tunnel-test-provides-important-data\">Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Test Provides Important Data<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Before NASA\u2019s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight. One part of this safety check is to analyze data collected for the X-59\u2019s flight control system through low-speed wind tunnel tests.<\/p>\n<p>The X-59 is central to NASA\u2019s Quesst mission to expand supersonic flight and provide regulators with data to help change existing national and international aviation rules that ban commercial supersonic flight over land. The aircraft is designed to produce a gentle thump instead of a sonic boom.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, completed low-speed wind tunnel tests of a scale model of the X-59\u2019s forebody. The tests provided measurements of how wind flows around the aircraft nose and confirmed computer predictions made using computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, software tools. The data will be fed into the aircraft flight control system and will allow the pilot to know the altitude, speed and angle that the aircraft is flying at in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>In this image, a technician works on the X-59 model during testing in the low-speed wind tunnel, in February 2022.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"A technician works on the X-59 model during testing in the low-speed wind tunnel.","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":694,"file":"2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg","filesize":80021,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=300,200","width":300,"height":200,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=768,512","width":768,"height":512,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=1024,683","width":1024,"height":683,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=400,267","width":400,"height":267,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=600,400","width":600,"height":400,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?resize=900,600","width":900,"height":600,"filesize":80021,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"p22-011-147-web-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Garry Tice","camera":"","caption":"Lockheed Martin Photography By Garry Tice\r1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599\rEvent: Forebody and Nose - Windtunnel Testing\rDate: 2\/10\/2022\rAdditional Info:","created_timestamp":"1644257514","copyright":"Lockheed Martin Corporation 2022","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Forebody and Nose - Windtunnel Testing","orientation":"0","keywords":["Forebody","Nose","Palmdale","Testing","Wind Tunnel","X-59"]},"credits":"Lockheed Martin","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p22-011-147-web-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=217015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}