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    NASA will take images of its quiet supersonic jet's shockwaves

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    12.19.2017

    When NASA begins testing its supersonic jet, you won't only hear about it -- you'll see cool images from the experiments, too. The agency has recently completed a series of flight tests proving that the imaging technique it developed is capable of capturing the shockwaves NASA's Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) aircraft will make when it starts flying faster than the speed of sound.