The Axiom-4 crew includes American astronaut Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists ...

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, carrying the Ax-4 crew, is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego at 2:31 a.m. PT on ...

A sonic boom might announce the return of a SpaceX spacecraft from the International Space Station before it splashes down ...

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect ...

The blade tip speed limit of a propeller plane's propeller can determine the plane's top speed for reasons relating to design ...

I tested dropping solid steel balls, and the sound they made was like a mini sonic boom! The impact was wild — here’s what happened when metal met metal with full force.

Falcon 9 sonic booms can feel more like seismic waves Trajectories, wind shear, temperature gradients, topography, and weather can affect how a sonic boom spreads.

Boom Buh-Boom As an undergraduate at Brigham Young, Dr. Gee liked physics and music, so the field of acoustics, and noise in particular, intrigued him.

The characteristic crack of the whip results not from the tip’s snapping to the ground but from its literally breaking the sound barrier, producing a small sonic boom. “Obviously, fly-fishermen aren’t ...

By collecting data on multiple qualities of the Falcon 9 sonic booms, researchers can help discern how different launch-day variables affect a boom’s impact.