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Why the "Sound Barrier" Had to be Broken
When the US rocket program hit a wall in the 1940s, one particular program came to the rescue. Not only it took the flight technology behind that wall, it took us to much farther destinations ...
As the aircraft flew in front of the sun, NASA’s team documented the changing air speeds as speeds over Mach 1, the speed of sound (761.23 miles per hour or 1,225.1 kilometers per hour).
This has never happened before. Over the weekend, a player broke the 37 km/h barrier in the Bundesliga for the first time. Especially in recent years, the throne has been repeatedly reoccupied.
The students had just broken the sound barrier — with a ping-pong ball. “This has been a true engineering project,” said Kristine Lang, chair of CC’s physics department.
A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.
MOJAVE DESERT, Calif. (WKRC) - A groundbreaking image has revealed what a sonic boom looks like, showcasing the moment America's first civil supersonic jet broke the sound barrier last month. The ...
A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil supersonic jet, completed its second supersonic flight.
A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as America’s first civil supersonic jet completed its second flight at speeds exceeding Mach 1. NASA teams on the ...
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Now here’s one for the mantelpiece. A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as America’s first civil supersonic jet ...