Only a few more tests remain until Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft tries in earnest to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 ...

Nicknamed Glamorous Glennis in honor of Yeager’s wife, the Bell X-1 achieved Mach 1.06 (approximately 1,299 km/h or 807 mph), ...

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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New Zealand-based company Dawn Aerospace made a groundbreaking flight on November 12 when its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered ...

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More than two decades later, a civil aircraft has broken the sound barrier once again. Dawn Aerospace, the developer of what it describes as a rocket-powered spaceplane, on Tuesday announced it ...

Boom Supersonic has set a new speed record for its XB-1 prototype aircraft while confirming the stability of its design at high speeds for subsonic flight. The successful test puts us one step ...

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 ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft set a new altitude record of 25,040 feet and matched its top speed of Mach 0.82 ...