NASA’s Insane Supersonic Jet Just Completed Its First Test Flight

Aviation history was just very quietly made in the skies of Southern California.

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight on Tuesday morning, bringing ultra-fast commercial air travel one step closer to reality.

Built by aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the X-59 is designed to fly at supersonic speeds with minimal noise. During the inaugural flight, the aircraft traveled from the Skunk Works facility in Palmdale to NASA’s Armstrong…