NASA’s X-59 aircraft has finally flown faster than the speed of sound, bringing us one step closer to supersonic flight without the loud, thunder-like clap noise that comes with it. The experimental ...

Rocket Lab appears to be planning the June 11 launch of its hypersonic HASTE spacecraft on a secretive government mission known as 'Curveball.' ...

Rocket Lab appears to be planning the June 11 launch of its hypersonic HASTE spacecraft on a secretive government mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's experimental aircraft reached a major milestone last week by achieving supersonic speed. It's a first for the agency as it ...

NASA's X-59 jet has finally gone supersonic. The X-59, a long-nosed demonstrator designed to help develop the tech required for "quiet" supersonic flight, notched the milestone on Friday (June 5), ...

NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to ...

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps ...

NASA is testing the X-59, an experimental plane that was designed to exceed the speed of sound without a loud sonic boom. Credit: NASA / Carla Thomas NASA's X-59 jet has broken the sound barrier for ...