NASA : NASA Goes Off Script, Runs X-59 Engine Speed Hold Test Ahead of Schedule

As the first flight of NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft draws near, the agency seems not to waste any chance when it comes to testing the plane's systems. Why, from time to time it even goes off script, putting some systems through their paces sooner than it intended to. The X-59 is the backbone of the agency's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program, an effort meant to educate the world and let it know... (continue reading...)