NASA captures a historic image of the XB-1 supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier without a loud boom, marking a breakthrough.

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

A supersonic jet ... to break the sound barrier on Tuesday, tearing through the air above the Mojave Desert in California. The successful flight advances the company’s bid to resurrect high ...

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first ... Air and Space Port just as the XB-1 did. Before today's sound barrier-breaking flight, the XB-1 underwent 11 test flights.

The first fighter jet to participate in aerial combat was ... more efficiently when it crosses speed thresholds like the sound barrier. Its design was the result of decades of wind tunnel testing ...

The result is a neat visualization of the jet breaking the sound barrier. “This image makes the invisible visible – the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier.

Two weeks ago, that single-seat, three-engine aircraft became the first independently developed plane to break ... sound." A NASA study (PDF) of a series of test flights in 2012 with an F-18 ...

Picture of XB-1 Flight 13's Second Supersonic Flight over the Mojave Desert on Feb 10, 2025. (Boom Supersonic/NASA via SWNS) By Dean Murray A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from ...

From the Foreword by Bill Moyers, host, Bill Moyers Journal “Amy Goodman is a towering progressive freedom-fighter in the media and the world. Breaking the Sound Barrier is another expression of ...

A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours has reached supersonic speeds. An incredible image shows Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet breaking the sound barrier.