There have been rockets launching from Vandenberg for decades, so why are the Falcon 9 launches of such concern? "Because of the Starlink satellites, the orbital mechanics for where they're trying to ...

Rocket launches are loud, and big rockets are louder. Launches used to be occasional spectacles, and not many people minded the noise.

Physicists who record rocket launches and landings are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight.

A SpaceX spacecraft has caused a sonic boom over California as it returned to Earth's atmosphere, and some on social media ...

LOS ANGELES — A sonic boom shook part of Southern California Saturday night as SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft reentered Earth’s ...

A spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere Saturday, triggering a sonic boom that was heard in parts of Los Angeles County.

Boom Supersonic has developed an aircraft designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, without an audible sonic boom ...

Spike Aerospace, an Atlanta-based company, has relaunched development of the Spike S-512 Diplomat—a quiet supersonic business ...

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14 CFR § 91.817, enacted in 1973, dictates that no person may operate a civil aircraft in the United States at a true flight ...

Rocket launches are amazing spectacles, but close-up viewers know to bring a set of earplugs or earmuffs to protect their ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is a rocket used for both human and nonhuman space missions, and since 2010, the rocket has been launched ...