Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

Discover how NASA's innovative helicopter design has achieved the remarkable feat of breaking the sound barrier. This ...

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Traveling at the speed of sound may actually be on the horizon. NASA’s supersonic aircraft, dubbed “son of Concorde” ...

Long before astronauts reached orbit, American engineers faced a dangerous unknown at the edge of the sound barrier. Aircraft ...

Boom Supersonic has launched the "Boom Prize," offering $800,000 ($750,000 cash and $50,000 in stock) for the first amateur-built, radio-controlled, air-breathing aircraft to exceed the speed of sound ...

Plane could help pave way for faster commercial air travel Aircraft built to break sound barrier with sonic 'thump' Designed to cruise at Mach 1.4 at altitude of 55,000 feet First test flight was ...

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. The Bell X-1 hangs today from the ceiling of the National Air ...