NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...

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NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier without triggering the usual sonic boom. The experimental ...

When a plane like the Concorde Jet is ahead of its time and doesn't ultimately last, it's more than simply a defunct project, it's a failed promise of the future, of what could have been. There was ...

For the first time since the Concorde was retired in 2003, the dream of supersonic commercial flights is making a comeback. Promising to cut transcontinental travel times in half, these ...

Two US service members died and one is missing after an Iranian attack in Jordan. US and partner forces defended the base ...

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The closest I've ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in New York. But, for an entire generation of travelers and aviators, ...