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

A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration. That could pave the way for the ...

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Manufacturers of supersonic jets would get a boost under new proposed rules from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow flights faster than the speed of sound over land, reversing a more ...

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 ...

Milly Alcock's Supergirl has landed, giving Superman's cousin her first standalone adventure in the rebooted DC Universe. Inspired by the comic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the blockbuster follows ...

After breaking the sound barrier for the first time, NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet flew faster and at higher altitudes in preparation for its most crucial test. The experimental aircraft reached a speed ...

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 ...

NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, expanding into the supersonic portion of its flight envelope. NASA’s experimental X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) ...

NASA’s experimental X-59 plane is one step closer to making faster-than-sound flight quiet after the aircraft flew supersonic for the first time on June 5, reaching a peak speed of 713 miles per ...

Cross-country travel could one day look very different if NASA’s newest experimental aircraft lives up to its promise as its prepares to make history in the California desert. The agency’s X-59, a ...