Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Up-Close View of NASA's X-59 Engine Inlet

Edwards AFB CA (SPX) May 17, 2021
NASA's X-59 requires the use of creative and strategic supersonic technologies to control and soften the jarring sound that hits the ground as the aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound above. One of these creative technologies is the placement of the X-59 engine inlet. This visual is a closeup looking downstream inside of the X-59's engine inlet where, later in the assembly process

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