The film documents the historic flight of the X1 aircraft, piloted by Captain Chuck Yeager, on October 14, 1947, when he became the first person to break the sound barrier. The X1, a rocket ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert.

A few minutes later, police revealed the cause of the noise: a fighter plane breaking the sound barrier ... before joining colleagues in his patrol car. But with no forewarning, residents ...

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...

NOVA spoke with him on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier. NOVA: How early on did the Americans get involved in pursuing high-speed flight? HALLION: The American ...

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier. Captured on the second supersonic flight, it used a special ...

Boom Supersonic, the company aiming to create commercial planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound, have ...

Before today's sound barrier-breaking flight, the XB-1 underwent 11 test flights. The aircraft includes features like an augmented reality system to make takeoff and landing easier and has a long ...