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NASA Pilot Mike Lippert Makes First Flight in X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet
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File:Meet NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke, Crew-11 Pilot (jsc2025m000138).webm / NASA Johnson Space Center / This image or video was catalogued by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: jsc2025m000138_Crew11FinckeProfile_4K . / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meet_NASA_Astronaut_Mike_Fincke,_Crew-11_Pilot_(jsc2025m000138).webmSource pageNASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on. The X-59 has flown numerous times since its inaugural flight in November 2025; its first supersonic flight was on June 5, 2026. NASA is a public and space exploration company founded in 1958. Lippert took off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and landed one hour later.
