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Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.
After Nick Sheryka's dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn't ...
NASA researchers have been using a tiny aircraft dubbed “Son of Concorde” in trials to assess the impact of supersonic ...
NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...
American space agency NASA sent a 19-inch scale version of the X-59 experimental aircraft to a Japanese wind tunnel for ...
The boom is not a one-time “bang” from breaking a mythical barrier. As long as the airplane stays supersonic, it continuously drags a three-dimensional cone of compressed air, the sonic-boom ...
Positioning themselves as alternatives to Boeing has appeal. Can Boom Supersonic and JetZero deliver in Greensboro?
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, carrying the Ax-4 crew, is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego at 2:31 a.m. PT on ...
Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 ...
Boom Supersonic, the Colorado startup that aims to assemble passenger jets in North Carolina, celebrated President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday ending a 52-year-old ban on overland ...
Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...
The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. What's next for mach ...