The Son of Concorde, an XB-1 jet, has reportedly broken the sound barrier, making it one step closer to an astonishing feat.

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic capture a stunning image of the XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier using the Sun as a backdrop ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier – as its creators boast that there was “no audible sonic boom”. The Boom Supersonic XB-1 – dubbed a ...

NASA’s Quesst Mission aims to develop a new supersonic jet that produces quiet sonic booms, allowing for faster-than-sound ...

The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...

Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...

Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and British ... The plan was for Boom to break the sound barrier at a high enough altitude to avoid a sonic boom.

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 ... It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more ...