US aeronautics agency NASA managed to capture the Boom Supersonic XB-1 research aircraft as it broke the sound barrier during its final flight on 10 February. The flight - the XB-1's second in excess of Mach 1 - was the last in a series of test sorties by the aircraft,

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 invisible to the naked eye.

NASA teams on the ground at Mojave Space and Air Port in California used Schlieren photography — a process for photographing fluid flow. It is widely used in aeronautical engineering

Prior to 2003 a transatlantic trip from new york to london could be done in as little as 3 hours, compaired to today's fight time of around 8 hours. This was al

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 commercial planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound,

It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and a recent photo released by NASA in conjunction with Boom Supersonic shows just how remarkable capturing a moment can be. Boom Supersonic is currently building the world’s fastest airliner,