Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the ...

Sleek airliners transporting passengers at supersonic speeds and reasonable prices over land could help restore some of the thrill of flying.

As it exceeded the speed of sound in flight, the pressure of the air created sonic booms ... Credit: Boom Supersonic This limited the Concorde’s routes to flying over the Atlantic.

The Concorde was costly to operate, and its infamous sonic booms were disruptive, making it less practical for widespread use. Now, as companies like Boom Supersonic rise to the challenge, they face ...

The second SpaceX launch of the day lifted off the night of April 21 from Cape Canaveral. The mission is known as Bandwagon-3 ...

This will cause a sonic boom to sound throughout the area. Depending on weather conditions and viewing location, there is a chance the first-stage booster could be briefly visible as comes in for ...

SpaceX plans to start off the week with two rocket launches on April 21 - and sonic booms expected with both launches.

But NASA’s newest X-plane, the X-59 QueSST, which is expected to fly in 2021, will provide data that will allow engineers to scale down those booms, so that they sound more like muted thumps.