MIT Technology Review3d
Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...
Runway Girl5d
Great expectations for supersonic travel as XB-1 breaks sound barrier
The XB-1 test flight was a unique event that will live on in the history books and has given travelers hope of a return to ...
Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...
KameraOne on MSN5d
First independently developed jet plane goes supersonic in Mojave airspace
A civilian jet plane broke the sound barrier for the first time over continental USA during a historic test flight over the ...
RTC conducts annual ice testing at Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport
The icing system – the ‘orange boom’ – known as the Helicopter Icing Spray System, or HISS – is a system designed to provide ...
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Feb. 3)
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:05 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 12-7 mission, which deployed 21 more satellites into the company's ever-growing internet constellation in low-Earth ...
Supersonic jets are making a comeback. Here’s what that means for air passengers
American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...
pittsburghmagazine.com6d
Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...
'Marsquakes' travel deeper than expected, says new research
Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Bern have used artificial intelligence to discover that ...
Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...