SpaceX is gearing up for Starship’s 13th test flight later this week

The next test flight of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster could take off as soon as Thursday, and much of ...
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Panda Bear And Sonic Boom Reviewed: Psych pop supergroup escape from the world outside

On their second collaborative album, Animal Collective’s Panda Bear and Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom create a psychedelic retreat ...

Europe’s hypersonic Invictus aircraft could fly within a decade and twice as fast as Concorde, cutting London to Sydney to three hours

Europe's Invictus hypersonic aircraft could fly within a decade, aiming for Mach 5 speeds and London to Sydney in 3 hours.
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Here's What Boom Supersonic Still Hasn't Solved About Overture's 2029 Passenger Service Promise

Brandon's passion for aviation started at a young age. Growing up, he was involved in the flight simulator and VATSIM communities, and he went on to earn his private pilot license while in college.

FAA Moves to Allow Civil Supersonic Flights Over Land, If They're Quiet Enough

A repeal of the nation’s current ban on civil supersonic flight over land is now taxiing to the regulatory runway. In a ...

The 4 Concorde Cost Lines Boom's Overture Has To Beat To Survive

On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that undid one of the most influential factors in the ...
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NASA's spiritual successor to Concorde capable of breaking sound barrier without sonic boom

Nasa's spiritual successor to the Concorde has successfully surpassed the speed of sound without generating a thunderous sonic boom, long preventing supersonic travel over populated areas. The ...

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

NASA’s X-59 flew supersonic for the first time, and the quiet-boom experiment could change flight over land

NASA's X-59 has officially gone supersonic. See how this experimental jet aims to turn disruptive sonic booms into a quiet thump.

‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from UK to NYC in 4hrs hits milestone with supersonic flight without sonic boom

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 ...

Central Texas town overpumping water amid ramp-up of SpaceX rocket testing

SpaceX's rocket engine testing in Central Texas has led the small town of McGregor to pump too much water from the Trinity ...

NASA’s X-59 is built to make supersonic flight quiet, and the real test is whether Concorde’s biggest problem finally disappears

NASA’s X-59 is changing supersonic travel. Can it turn the explosive sonic boom into a quiet "thump" to bring back fast flight?