After years of anticipation, NASA finally unveiled its latest experimental aircraft this month.
Dubbed the ‘Son of Concorde’, the $247.5 million X-59 plane is capable of cruising at 937 miles per hour – faster than the speed of sound.
It’s the latest in a long line of what’s known at NASA as ‘X-planes’ – experimental aircraft with weird and wonderful designs.
As the past 75 years has shown, X-planes can break milestones and shape the future of aeronautics, or be