Supersonic planes will burn significantly more fuel than current aircraft, resulting in higher emissions of carbon dioxide, ...

American company Boom Supersonic just broke the sound barrier with a civilian plane. What exactly is supersonic travel, and ...

Supersonic Rebirth Since the beginning of air travel, the industry has always looked at ways to move more people quicker and/or cheaper. When supersonic flight was invented shortly after World War II, ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...

The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:05 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 12-7 mission, which deployed 21 more satellites into the company's ever-growing internet constellation in low-Earth ...

This week, a sleek white jet became the first privately built aircraft to fly faster than sound, soaring high above the Mojave Desert as a crowd watched in excitement ...

"The FAA has directed SpaceX to lead an investigation of the Starship Super Heavy Flight 7 mishap with FAA oversight," the ...

Boom Supersonic XB-1 flew over Mach One on Jan. 28, on the latest test flight at Mojave Air & Space Port, at Rutan Field. Chase planes were a Northrop T-38 and Dassault Mirage F1, a French fighter.

More than two decades after Europe’s failed attempt at a supersonic airliner, the USA is on track to make it work. View on ...

It happened, folks. On Tuesday, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet — colloquially known as “Son of Concorde,” a reference to the ...