NASA Quiet Supersonic X-59 Jet Stops in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A one-of-a-kind NASA research jet built to break the sound barrier without rattling windows touched down in Birmingham on Thursday, using Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport as a refueling stop on its trip across the country. The X-59, built by Lockheed Martin for the space agency’s Quesst program, took off from the Navy’s joint