NASA calibrates second shock-sensing probe for X-59 testing

NASA calibrates second shock-sensing probe for X-59 testing

When you're testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data—but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they're fixed. Unless you have a backup. That's why NASA recently calibrated a new shock-sensing probe to capture shock wave data when the agency's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft begins its test flights.

NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA test pilot Nils Larson inspects the agency’s F-15D research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, ahead of a calibration flight for a newly installed near-field shock-sensing probe. Mounted on the F-15D, the probe is designed to measure shock waves generated by the X-59 quiet supers…