Flying Faster Than The Speed of Sound

It's been 70 years since Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in his experimental airplane, the X-1. Today, NASA is working to make supersonic air travel across the U.S. a reality with its Low Boom Flight Demonstration aircraft. Decades of NASA research in supersonics have gone into the unique design of this aircraft, which aims to reduce the loudness of the sonic boom associated with planes traveling faster than the speed of sound.

Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/feature/70_years_supersonic_flight.html

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