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"These flights not only deepen our confidence in the X-59's performance -- they mark our progression toward the future phases of the mission that will ultimately help shape the future of supersonic travel," Bahm said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Because these intermediate phases are highly unstable, they have been extremely difficult to observe directly.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

It is also alleged variable pricing through various phases had allowed Fifa to raise prices for about 90 of the 104 fixtures by an average of 34%.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

"A year in orbit pushes both hardware and humans into a different operational regime compared with the shorter Shenzhou missions of the programme's earlier phases," he said.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

No competent astronomer defended the traditional Ptolemaic system once they had heard that Venus had a full set of phases; you had to be an ill-informed philosopher to do so.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton