About an hour after sunrise over the Mojave Desert of Southern California, NASAs newest experimental supersonic jet took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday. The X 59 Quesst Quiet SuperSonic Technology is designed to decrease the noise of a sonic boom when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier, paving the way for future commercial jets to fly at supersonic speeds over land. The jet, built by Lockheed Martins Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown
