Only a few more tests remain until Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft tries in earnest to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 ...
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For the first time in over 20 years, a civilian aircraft has surpassed the sound barrier. The rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora, ...
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A chance discovery by researchers could drastically lower the energy needed for next-generation memory technologies.
In 1977, the Port Authority was forced to lift a 19-month ban on supersonic transport after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to ...
Hezbollah fired Monday evening at an Israeli Army post in a south Lebanon border area in a first such response to alleged ...
Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...
Israeli warplanes violated the sound barrier over Tripoli, Lebanon, causing a loud sonic boom, according to local reports.
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