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SPACE USA X PLANE

epa06645105 An undated handout illustration made available by NASA / Lockheed Martin on 04 April 2018 showing NASA's planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration aircraft otherwise known as an X-plane. NASA reports on 03 April 2018 that NASA aeronautics is moving forward with the construction of a piloted X-plane, designed from scratch to fly faster than sound with the latest in quiet supersonic technologies. The new X-plane's mission: provide crucial data that could enable commercial supersonic passenger air travel over land. To that end, NASA on 02 April awarded a 247.5 million US dollar or 201 million euro contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, California, USA, to build the X-plane and deliver it to the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California by the end of 2021. The awarding of the contract comes after US President Donald J. Trump signed off a federal budget, which fully funded the X-plane. EPA/NASA / LOCKHEED MARTIN / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: NASA / LOCKHEED MARTIN HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES