{"id":793887,"date":"2025-02-25T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=793887"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:14:03","slug":"diamonds-from-nasas-x-59-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=793887","title":{"rendered":"Diamonds from NASA\u2019s X-59 &#8211; NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"hds-attachment-single__caption color-carbon-05 padding-0 p-sm\">NASA\u2019s X-59 lights up the night sky with its unique Mach diamonds, also known as shock diamonds, during maximum afterburner testing at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. 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