NASA and Boom Supersonic capture a stunning image of the XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier using the Sun as a backdrop ...
Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...
A ground-based NASA team used Schlieren photography to capture and visualize the shock waves created by XB-1's supersonic ...
But what does it look like? NASA, with help from the steady flying of Boom Supersonic chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, just released a visualization of the phenomenon.
Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert.
NASA teams on the ground used Schlieren photography to capture the shock waves around Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft XB-1 as it pushed through the air. “This image makes the invisible ...
The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg, the company said in a news release. The plane, nicknamed "Baby Boom," took off from Mojave Air ...
Boom Supersonic, which broke ground on a facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro as part of its plans to build supersonic passenger jets, partnered with NASA to “capture ...
NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier. Captured on the second supersonic flight, it used a special ...
Picture of XB-1 Flight 13's Second Supersonic Flight over the Mojave Desert on Feb 10, 2025. (Boom Supersonic/NASA via SWNS) By Dean Murray A "son of Concorde" aircraft that may one day fly from ...