Only a few more tests remain until Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft tries in earnest to break the sound barrier. The XB-1 ...

Nicknamed Glamorous Glennis in honor of Yeager’s wife, the Bell X-1 achieved Mach 1.06 (approximately 1,299 km/h or 807 mph), ...

For the first time in over 20 years, a civilian aircraft has surpassed the sound barrier. The rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora, ...

Jamie Van Horne Robinson posted on social media about her husband, Jaison Robinson, ’09. “Married a guy who can’t wait to get ...

Rosemont in Charleston’s Neck area truly is between a rock and a hard place, squeezed by challenges like flooding, an accident-prone chemical plant and gentrification. In the midst of this is a ...

In 1977, the Port Authority was forced to lift a 19-month ban on supersonic transport after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to ...

Hezbollah fired Monday evening at an Israeli Army post in a south Lebanon border area in a first such response to alleged ...

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...

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