Its first flight is expected later in 2022.
The airplane's last stop had been Fort Worth, Texas, where it wasIn photos:The X-59 is lowered to the ground at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California after a crane operation removing it from the back of its transport.
"With its return to California, the X-59 will undergo further ground tests as it approaches full completion of its development and continues to make progress on its way to first flight," NASA said in an April 18The X-59 represents NASA's latest effort to reduce the sonic booms associated with supersonic planes. While such vehicles move swiftly in the air, the cost is vibrations and noise as the airplanes exceed the speed of sound.
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