“It looks like a rocket that comes straight down,” said David Evans ... Built in 1982, the 43-year-old twin-engine jet had ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 made history on Tuesday by becoming the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. Before ...

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The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound ...

In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, ...

The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave ...

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The gargantuan rocket blasted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility on the Gulf Coast at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time, firing up 33 methane-burning Raptor engines ...

Still, humans lacked the technology to test the theory. It wouldn’t be until the advent of the jet and rocket engines in the 1940s that plausible attempts at breaking the sound barrier could be ...

But it appeared to be clear sailing Thursday as the rocket climbed ... reconnaissance jet was flying nearby, documenting the flight with high-resolution cameras. Three engines re-ignited as ...

"As the original 'Glenn,' I can tell you I see the day coming when people will board spacecraft the same way millions of us now board jet ... Glenn's engines engaged and the huge Blue Origin ...