{"id":221077,"date":"2020-12-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg"},"modified":"2023-06-14T11:50:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:50:23","slug":"x-59-construction-reaches-halfway-point-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/x-59-construction-reaches-halfway-point-2\/","title":{"rendered":"X-59 Construction Reaches Halfway Point"},"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\/p20-293-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"X-59 Construction Reaches Halfway Point\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?resize=768,383 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?resize=1024,511 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?resize=400,199 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?resize=600,299 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?resize=900,449 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA is on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/low-boom-litho-updated-sep2020.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">mission<\/a> to revolutionize supersonic air travel for passengers across the globe. In this image, you’ll see a halfway built, single-piloted X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, which will be used to provide rule-makers the data needed to enable a new commercial market for faster-than-sound air travel over land. The aircraft’s uniquely crafted parts help ensure it will reduce a disruptive sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump to people on the ground when flying. The X-59 team at Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California, recently closed the structural backbone of the aircraft \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeroresearch\/nasas-supersonic-x-59-assembly-team-marks-wing-milestone\/\">the wing section<\/a> \u2013 while simultaneously working on the plane’s forebody and empennage. The forebody section of the aircraft will carry the pilot and the avionics needed to fly the aircraft. The empennage supports the engine and other flight systems. The team will soon merge all three sections together and gear up for final assembly in 2021. The X-59 will undergo numerous tests to ensure structural integrity of the aircraft and that its components work properly. First flight of the aircraft will be in 2022, and community testing to understand the public’s perception of the X-59’s sound will begin in 2024.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is on a mission to revolutionize supersonic air travel for passengers across the globe. In this image, you\u2019ll see a halfway built, single-piloted X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, which will be used to provide rule-makers the data needed to enable a new commercial market for faster-than-sound air travel over land. The aircraft\u2019s uniquely crafted parts help ensure it will reduce a disruptive sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump to people on the ground when flying. The X-59 team at Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California, recently closed the structural backbone of the aircraft \u2013 the wing section \u2013 while simultaneously working on the plane\u2019s forebody and empennage. The forebody section of the aircraft will carry the pilot and the avionics needed to fly the aircraft. The empennage supports the engine and other flight systems. The team will soon merge all three sections together and gear up for final assembly in 2021. The X-59 will undergo numerous tests to ensure structural integrity of the aircraft and that its components work properly. First flight of the aircraft will be in 2022, and community testing to understand the public\u2019s perception of the X-59\u2019s sound will begin in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Text credit: Sasha Ellis, NASA<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"X-59 Construction Reaches Halfway Point ","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":519,"file":"2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg","filesize":212845,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=300,150","width":300,"height":150,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=768,383","width":768,"height":383,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=1024,511","width":1024,"height":511,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=400,199","width":400,"height":199,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=600,299","width":600,"height":299,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg?resize=900,449","width":900,"height":449,"filesize":212845,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"p20-293-02.jpg","width":1024,"height":511,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Garry Tice","camera":"","caption":"Lockheed Martin Photography By Garry Tice\r1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599\rEvent: \rDate: \rAdditional Info:","created_timestamp":"1604335091","copyright":"Lockheed Martin Corporation 2020","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Manufacture Area, From Above, SEG 500 Empennage, First Mate, SEG","orientation":"0","keywords":["First Mate","From Above","Manufacture Area","SEG 410 Main Wing","SEG 500 Empennage"]},"credits":"Lockheed Martin","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/p20-293-02.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221077"}],"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=221077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}