Avenging the Concorde: Inside NASA’s Quest to Break the Sound Barrier and Hush the Sonic Boom
If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...
SpaceX launches cause late-night booms that rattle windows, set off car alarms, and may damage property. Some locals are pushing back.
Rattling booms from SpaceX rockets are becoming increasingly disruptive for residents in the coastal communities near ...
Harry and Meghan's California neighbourhood frustrated by frequent ‘arrogant sonic booms,’ and Elon Musk is to blame
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s California neighbourhood is reportedly being "plagued" by sonic booms due to Elon Musk's ...
Harry and Meghan’s California community plagued by ‘sonic booms’ thanks to Elon Musk
More than 1,300 people in California have signed a petition complaining about plans to increase the number of SpaceX launches ...
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Transporter-12 Mission successfully takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. –The Transporter-12 Mission was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday morning. The smallsat ...
Supersonic commercial flights will return in 2025 for the first time since the Concorde
NASA plans to test its X-59 aircraft this year, paving the way for the return of supersonic commercial flights for the first ...
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SpaceX’s Frequent Rocket Launches Are Terrorizing Towns in the Middle of the Night
Residents as far as 70-miles from SpaceX launch sites have complained about sonic booms rattling windows and alerting dogs in the middle of the night. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP SpaceX has ...
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Why sonic booms from the most powerful rocket ever built have some scientists worried
SpaceX stunned onlookers when it returned a Super Heavy booster to a precise landing at its launchpad. But the resulting ...
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SpaceX launches cause late-night booms that rattle windows, set off car alarms, and may damage property. Some locals are pushing back.
In the quiet city of Lompoc, less than 10 miles from the base, the sonic booms can feel like an earthquake, some residents said. In 2024, Elon Musk's SpaceX conducted 46 launches from Vandenberg ...
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Why sonic booms from the most powerful rocket ever built have some scientists worried
Similar sonic booms are expected to ring out each time SpaceX returns a Super Heavy booster back to its Starbase launch site, which lies near Brownsville, Texas, on the Mexican border at the state ...