"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier." ...

In stunning images, NASA has revealed the moment an experimental supersonic aircraft broke the sound barrier without ...

Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...

The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...

By Dean Murray A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic ...

The data discovered might lead the way for supersonic commercial flights without sonic booms, the company said in the news ...

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<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

NASA teams on the ground at Mojave Space and Air Port in California used Schlieren photography — a process for photographing fluid flow. It is widely used in aeronautical engineering ...

In order to capture the Schlieren images, Boom chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg positioned XB-1 at an exact time in a precise location over the Mojave Desert. As the aircraft ...

To achieve this remarkable shot, the pilot had to position the X-B-ONE in a precise location at an exact time over the Mojave Desert. As the aircraft flew in front of the sun, NASA's team ...

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...