{"id":222192,"date":"2020-06-15T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg"},"modified":"2023-06-14T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:50:59","slug":"more-pieces-of-x-59-are-coming-together","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/more-pieces-of-x-59-are-coming-together\/","title":{"rendered":"More Pieces of the X-59 are Coming Together"},"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":[12226,10822,12227,12234,12236,12245],"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\/p20-120-77.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The wing and cockpit sections of NASA\u2019s X-59 QueSST are being assembled at Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works, in CA.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wing and <a href=\"\/feature\/langley\/testing-of-x-59-virtual-forward-window-successful\">cockpit<\/a> sections of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) are coming together at Lockheed Martin’s <a href=\"\/aero\/nasa-supersonic-x59-quesst-coming-together-at-famed-factory\">Skunk Works<\/a>\u00ae factory in Palmdale, California. Major structural <a href=\"\/aeroresearch\/x-59-quesst-more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts\">components still to be added<\/a> include the long, forward nose and rear section \u2013 known as the empennage \u2013 that includes the tail and single jet engine. Nearby, although not seen in this picture, Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers are completing other assembly tasks, with fabricating the composite wing skins with the <a href=\"\/aero\/work-on-x-59-quesst-wing-nears-completion\">help of a sophisticated robot<\/a> already done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/lowboom\/new-nasa-x-plane-construction-begins-now\">When complete<\/a>, Lockheed Martin and NASA will put the X-59 through a series of ground and test flights to ensure not only its air worthiness, but also its ability to create a sonic boom that can barely be heard \u2013 if at all \u2013 by people on the ground while it flies supersonic at a cruise altitude overhead.<\/p>\n<p>The X-59 will then be flown over select communities in the United States \u2013 still to be chosen \u2013 so residents can <a href=\"\/centers\/armstrong\/feature\/quiet-supersonic-flight-series-to-validate-community-response-technique.html\">help provide information to NASA <\/a>about their reaction to the sound of the sonic “thump.” This scientifically gathered data will be presented to regulators with the hope they will change rules that currently prohibit commercial <a href=\"\/aeroresearch\/webinar-series\/quiet-supersonic\">supersonic air travel over land<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>The wing and cockpit sections of NASA\u2019s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) are coming together at Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works\u00ae factory in Palmdale, California. Major structural components still to be added include the long, forward nose and rear section \u2013 known as the empennage \u2013 that includes the tail and single jet engine. Nearby, although not seen in this picture, Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers are completing other assembly tasks, with fabricating the composite wing skins with the help of a sophisticated robot already done.<\/p>\n<p>When complete, Lockheed Martin and NASA will put the X-59 through a series of ground and test flights to ensure not only its air worthiness, but also its ability to create a sonic boom that can barely be heard \u2013 if at all \u2013 by people on the ground while it flies supersonic at a cruise altitude overhead.<\/p>\n<p>The X-59 will then be flown over select communities in the United States \u2013 still to be chosen \u2013 so residents can help provide information to NASA about their reaction to the sound of the sonic \u201cthump.\u201d This scientifically gathered data will be presented to regulators with the hope they will change rules that currently prohibit commercial supersonic air travel over land.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"The wing and cockpit sections of NASA\u2019s X-59 QueSST are being assembled at Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works, in CA.","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":694,"file":"2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg","filesize":308844,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=300,200","width":300,"height":200,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=768,512","width":768,"height":512,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=1024,683","width":1024,"height":683,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=400,267","width":400,"height":267,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=600,400","width":600,"height":400,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg?resize=900,600","width":900,"height":600,"filesize":308844,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"p20-120-77.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Garry Tice","camera":"","caption":"Lockheed Martin Photography By Garry Tice\r1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599\rEvent: SEG 210 Forebody, SEG 410 Main Wing, First Mate\rDate:  5\/11\/20\rAdditional Info: \rAdditional Info:","created_timestamp":"1589228092","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"SEG 210 Forebody, SEG 410 Main Wing, First Mate","orientation":"0","keywords":["First Mate","SEG 210 Forebody","SEG 410 Main Wing"]},"credits":"Lockheed Martin","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-120-77.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222192"}],"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=222192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}