NASA recently released a video that captures the first flight of its X-59 supersonic aircraft as it soared above the Southern California desert, allowing us to relive the excitement from the cockpit of the sleek jet.

X-59 took to the skies for its inaugural flight on October 28, spending around one hour in the air before landing near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The experimental vehicle is designed to break the sound barrier without the loud, explosive sound known as a sonic boom, making quiet supersonic flight a viable option for commercial aircraft.

The aircraft, built by aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin, took off from the company’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The nearly two-minute-long video captures the ultra-thin, pointy

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