{"id":23023,"date":"2020-12-15T23:57:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T15:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-completes-crucial-part-of-x-59s-wing-assembly\/"},"modified":"2020-12-15T23:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T15:57:05","slug":"nasa-completes-crucial-part-of-x-59s-wing-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-completes-crucial-part-of-x-59s-wing-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA completes crucial part of X-59\u2019s wing assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA has announced that technicians working on assembling the X-59 airplane completed a major milestone in its construction back on November 5. On that day, technicians were successfully able to close up the airplane\u2019s wing, encasing interior components that will never be touched by human hands again.<\/p>\n

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The milestone was met at Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works factory located in Palmdale, California. \u201cThe fact this is the first time we\u2019ve reached a milestone like this in which we won\u2019t see these parts or have access to this area again is why this is so important to us. It reminds us the X-59 really is coming together,\u201d said Steve Macpherson, a senior manager at Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n

Making any substantial progress constructing the X-59 is impressive right now, given the pandemic and the restrictions it has brought along with it. This reigns especially true when you consider that the X-59 has to be mostly hand-assembled; it\u2019s not put together at a factory on a production line.<\/p>\n

Macpherson had this to say on the X-59\u2019s assembly:<\/p>\n

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