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Red Bull’s 843 mph space jump was too quickly forgotten
But, no: It's been almost 13. Baumgartner’s goal was to be the first human to break the sound barrier outside of an aircraft. To conquer the challenge, he wore a pressurized suit specially crafted by ...
Boom’s XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California's Mojave Desert, making it the ...
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First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
Tuesday's flight happened in the same airspace where in 1947 Charles ''Chuck'' Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, piloting an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane. Share ...