Rocket launches are amazing spectacles, but close-up viewers know to bring a set of earplugs or earmuffs to protect their hearing. However, the boom of a launch isn't reserved for those who sign up to ...
Adding a quiet spike nose probe (lower right) and boom control tail bump (lower left) helped Comac meet its sonic boom target. Credit: Comac via Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica China’s Comac ...
Sonic boom prediction and analysis is a critical research area that underpins the development of next‐generation supersonic aircraft designed for civil transport. Sonic booms occur when aircraft ...
The Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara, California, serves military space launch missions as well as launches for NASA and commercial entities like SpaceX. But how do all those launches ...
Abstract: The return of commercial supersonic flight requires innovative solutions to be developed that meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight. To study such a possibility NASA is ...
NEW ORLEANS, May 19, 2025 – Rocket launches are amazing spectacles, but close-up viewers know to bring a set of earplugs or earmuffs to protect their hearing. However, the boom of a launch isn’t ...
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The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — for the ...