{"id":221255,"date":"2020-11-13T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg"},"modified":"2024-01-17T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:07:03","slug":"x-59-assembly-presses-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/x-59-assembly-presses-2\/","title":{"rendered":"X-59 Assembly Presses On"},"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":null,"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\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Artist concept of the X-59 taking off from the runway.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>NASA continues to make progress on the assembly of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft, while overcoming challenges presented by the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>As early as 2024, NASA plans to fly the X-59 QueSST over select communities to gather information about how the public perceives the quiet noise the X-59 is designed to produce.<\/p>\n<p>While the assembly of the X-59 presses on at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the development of an all new, full scale experimental aircraft is a challenging undertaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe integrated NASA and Lockheed Martin X-59 team is doing an amazing job given the challenging circumstances of COVID-19,\u201d said NASA\u2019s Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project manager Craig Nickol. \u201cThe team has shown remarkable resilience, and we\u2019re excited to see the visible progress on X-59 assembly and integration every day. Although we have had some challenges in 2020, the team has responded well by updating plans and continuing to make progress. We\u2019re looking forward to several important milestones this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming milestones include completion of the X-59\u2019s wing and its mating to the aircraft\u2019s fuselage. NASA plans for the X-59\u2019s assembly to wrap up, and major ground testing to begin, in summer 2021, leading to a target date for first flight in summer 2022.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s mission to provide regulators with data that may open the future to supersonic flight over land, drastically reducing flight times, is the culmination of decades of NASA supersonic research.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Artist concept of the X-59 taking off from the runway.","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":694,"file":"2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg","filesize":57112,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=300,200","width":300,"height":200,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=768,512","width":768,"height":512,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=1024,683","width":1024,"height":683,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=400,267","width":400,"height":267,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=600,400","width":600,"height":400,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?resize=900,600","width":900,"height":600,"filesize":57112,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Darin Russell","camera":"","caption":"AF-2, Major Ryan \"Gunner\" Reinhardt, Pattern Work & Taxi, 28 November 2012","created_timestamp":"1354115874","copyright":"2012 Lockheed Martin\rPhotography by Darin Russell","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"AF-2, Major Ryan \"Gunner\" Reinhardt, Pattern Work & Taxi, 28 Nov","orientation":"0","keywords":["AF-2","Major Ryan \"Gunner\" Reinhardt","Pattern Work & Taxi","28 November 2012"]},"credits":"Lockheed Martin","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/takeoff_001-150-10x6-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221255"}],"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=221255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}