When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...
Flight 90 did manage to slip the bonds of gravity, albeit for just 30 seconds—gaining a maximum altitude of just 352 feet and traveling a distance of 0.9 miles.
One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...