NASA’s soaring legacy of aeronautical innovation has made countless contributions to civilian and military aircraft. Space flight was built on years of work that NASA did designing experimental (X) planes. NASA scientists and engineers are working on developing new X-planes including one that may eventually make supersonic flight over land possible by reducing the loud sonic boom to a “gentle thump” (NASA Low-Boom Flight Demonstration, 2018). Estimated Time to Complete 3 hours.

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• Level Foundational
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