The film documents the historic flight of the X1 aircraft, piloted by Captain Chuck Yeager, on October 14, 1947, when he became the first person to break the sound barrier.

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier ... supersonic caught on film, or the 21st century equivalent.

Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in late January with its XB-1 test jet, paving the way forward in the startup's efforts to build its own supersonic airliner. Boom and NASA released a ...

NASA has released a new image showing the moment Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier without producing an audible sonic boom. Boom Supersonic, the company aiming to create ...

When traveling near the speed of sound, the plane came up against a "sound barrier"—as though the velocity of sound represented a wall through which a plane could not move. With technological ...

NASA has captured an image of a supersonic civilian jet breaking the sound barrier during a test flight over the Mojave Desert in California in February. The photo, released Monday by the plane ...

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 "Son of ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA just dropped an incredible photo of the XB-1 breaking the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. Using Schlieren photography, they captured air distortions that are usually ...