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Lee esta historia en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n NASA\u2019s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar \u2013 preparing to embark on the first phase of its mission to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating a loud sonic boom.<\/p>\n Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officially unveil the fully completed and freshly painted X-59 to the world during a rollout ceremony Friday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m., EST. NASA TV will broadcast the event live from Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, where the aircraft was assembled.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the big reveal,\u201d said Catherine Bahm, manager of NASA\u2019s Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project, who is overseeing the development and build of the X-59. \u201cThe rollout is a huge milestone toward achieving the overarching goal of the Quesst mission to quiet the sonic boom.\u201d<\/p>\n Quesst is NASA\u2019s mission through which the X-59 will demonstrate its quiet supersonic capabilities. NASA will fly the aircraft over selected U.S. communities and then survey what people on the ground hear when it flies overhead. The agency will share data on these reactions to the quieter sonic \u201cthumps\u201d with regulators, who could then consider rules that currently ban commercial supersonic flight over land because of noise concerns.<\/p>\n \n