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    A digital rendering depicts the aerodynamic contour and airflows of a supersonic aircraft, showing various colors illustrating pressure differences and flow patterns around the vehicle.
    A computational fluid dynamics image of the X-59. Red represents areas of highest pressure, then, in descending order, orange, yellow, green, light green, light blue, dark blue.
    Cockpit view from an aircraft, showing various digital screens displaying navigation and flight data against a background of clouds and blue sky.
    NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft won’t have a forward-facing window. Its cockpit will have a 4K ultra-high-definition monitor as part of the aircraft’s eXternal Visibility System, or XVS, whose computer stitches together images from two cameras with terrain data.
    A view of an anechoic chamber with sound-absorbing panels covering the walls and ceiling. Large blue doors are partially open, revealing the inside of the chamber. Various equipment is visible on the left.
    NASA researchers test a subscale Learjet engine nozzle in the Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory at Glenn Research Center. The curved truss at the top of the dome carries microphones that measure noise from a simulated flyover. NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is concerned about such noise during takeoff and landing in addition to sonic booms or thumps.
    Workers assemble a large metallic framework in a factory setting. The structure has a V-shaped design with green inner sections, surrounded by various tools and equipment.
    NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology airplane, including parts of its wing, is under construction at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works factory in Palmdale, California. The yellow and green parts at the top are the aft-wing structure; in the center is the mid-wing structure. The silver is tooling.