{"id":799288,"date":"2025-11-20T17:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799288"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:47:28","slug":"nasas-quesst-mission-marks-x-59s-historic-first-flight-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799288","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Quesst Mission Marks X-59\u2019s Historic First Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"hds-attachment-single__caption color-carbon-05 padding-0 p-sm\">NASA\u2019s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. 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