But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the next phase is making it economically feasible. Right now, both subsonic and ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible photo capturing a shockwave emanating from the dark silhouette of the ...

Colorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic is building the world's latest faster-than-sound passenger plane, called the Overture. Humans haven't experienced supersonic commercial air travel since ...

If successful, the X-59 will not only help refine the technology for the next generation of commercial supersonic aircraft, but potentially help change the laws which have prevented such aircraft ...

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on 28 January, it did not produce a sonic boom audible from the ground, according to US ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.

expand NASA teams on the ground used Schlieren photography to visualize the shock waves resulting from Boom Supersonic's XB-1 test plane pushing through the air at supersonic speeds on Feb. 10 ...

Following a few more ground tests, it will fly over numerous cities around the country. NASA will ask people on the ground if ...

NASA recently announced plans to revitalize the program, with one of the goals being a supersonic plane that doesn't give off extremely loud sonic booms. Produced by Matt Stuart Follow TI ...

Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Four people were killed in a small plane crash in Virginia on Sunday, which caused two F-16 fighter jets to hit “supersonic speeds” in an attempt to ...

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