Watch Live! NASA’s X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft to be rolled out in California

This week, on Friday, Jan. 12, NASA will host a free livestream as it rolls the painted X-59 out of the hangar for the first time. You can watch it here at Space.com beginning at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) courtesy of NASA.



The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (Quesst) jet has been under construction at Lockheed Martin's "Skunk Works" facility in Palmdale, California since 2019. The experimental X-59 Quesst is designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the typical sound of sonic booms, lowering the volume down to a "thump" similar to the sound of a car door slamming. NASA says the aircraft could help reshape regulations that currently prohibit supersonic flight over populated areas due to disruptions that sonic booms can cause.