Supersonic flight became a reality in October 1947, when the Bell X-1 rocket plane broke the sound barrier. NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now, NASA Glenn), which had served as the agency’s aeropropulsion leader since it was established in the 1940s, subsequently helped NASA advance the technology needed to make longer supersonic flights possible. […]
Posted on
February 22, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
2
2
13
22
296
2
87
1
6
1
8
5
2
6
13
1
46
1
1
3
1
3
1
1
55
1
2
38
131
4
107
130
10
23
301
177
1
1
1
5
4
282
1
12
3
16
27
45
28
3
85
93
1
4
1
1
4
110
1
545
1
197
1
11
6
64
1
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
8
28
276
1
7
10
1
38
33
4
3
2
3
1
4
16
1
1
141
18
1
1
6
43
239
2
11
156
160
1
37
39
26
2
10
4
10
13
13
5
12
1
3
1
1
16
23
16
2
1
2
23
135
6
19
3
243
86
77
1
1
13
1
36
1
2
3
3
1
2
11
4
10
30
21
5
1
12
12
8
1
Blog Posts
NASA Announces Winners of 2025 Human Lander Challenge
June 27, 2025
Astronaut Joe Engle Flies X-15
June 27, 2025