The experimental jet has flown about 40 times and reached Mach 1.53, and it's heading to Florida for a public expo before its quiet-boom tests over communities.
NASA's X-59, an experimental jet designed to fly faster than sound with a quiet thump instead of a loud sonic boom, marked a year since its first flight on October 28, 2025, and is heading to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for an expo, Aviation International News and Flying magazine report. The aircraft, built by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for NASA's Quesst mission, has completed about 40 test flights and reached speeds up to Mach 1.53.
The fungal disease that has killed millions of bats was confirmed on the park's east side, a first for Glacier County. A vaccine trial there is under way.
Glacier National Park has confirmed white-nose syndrome in a dead little brown bat found in the Saint Mary area in May, and the fungus that causes it in several live bats sampled on the east side in June, the park said October 21. They are the first detections in the park and in Glacier County.
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