For the first time, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft has moved under its own power, officially kicking off its “taxi tests.” On July 10, 2025, NASA test pilot Nils Larson completed the aircraft’s ...

The photograph, captured by NASA, shows the shock waves surrounding Boom Supersonic's demonstrator aircraft, the X-B-ONE, as it completed its second flight at speeds exceeding Mach 1.

The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied on a ...

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.

An image released on Monday has captured the moment a civilian jet broke the sound barrier during a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The photograph, supplied by NASA and Boom ...

Even more fascinating, Boom Supersonic said the XB-1 didn’t make a loud sonic boom. Turns out, under certain conditions, the sound waves refract in the atmosphere and never hit the ground. That ...

Tuesday’s flight happened in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, piloting an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane.

NASA teams on the ground used Schlieren photography to capture the shock waves around Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft XB-1 as it pushed through the air. “This image makes the invisible ...