Hydrogen-fuelled jets at Mach 12? Australia’s Hypersonix is pioneering hypersonic flight with clean propulsion, changing ...

Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence ...

If it were to become a reality, hypersonic flight, long the realm of science fiction, could revolutionize global travel, ...

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph, ...

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We start with an archive interview of American Chuck Yeager who became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947. Then, a couple who were caught up in the attack on the Bataclan ...

During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times during the same outing ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States does ...

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the ...

MILAN (AP) — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash ...