Much of that excitement comes from the company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft breaking the sound barrier in January and again in February. It did so without creating a detectable sonic boom by ...

Concorde's supersonic speed caused loud sonic booms upon breaking the sound barrier, which limited its routes to those above water. Concordes were ultimately discontinued because of high operating ...

The sonic boom is caused by the rocket dropping below supersonic speeds, rather than breaking the sound barrier via acceleration. In a report on the impact that the booms have on Earth ...

When a jet breaks the sound barrier up there, it creates a loud boom. As the sonic boom moves downward, it enters denser air, where sound travels faster. This speed difference bends the sound ...

A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released ... Scholl said that the XB-1 didn’t make an audible sonic boom that typically occurs when an ...