CAPE CANAVERAL — Delayed two days because of weather, a NASA satellite that will look at the tiniest parts of the air and ocean blasted off early Thursday and shook households in Central Florida when ...

Over the weekend, an F-16 fighter jet was sent to investigate a small private plane that wasn’t communicating with air traffic controllers. The F-16 was in a hurry, traveling fast enough to create a ...

The early morning launch could bring a loud surprise in the form of sonic booms to the Space Coast and surrounding counties. NASA's PACE satellite sits atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Boom Supersonic: Our Flights Can Break Sound Barrier Without a Sonic Boom During the second supersonic flight of the XB-1 technology demonstrator today, the jet exceeded Mach 1 three times without a ...

SpaceX has scheduled two Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral on April 21. The first launch, CRS-32, will carry supplies to the ISS before sunrise, followed by a sonic boom upon the booster landing.

Launch recap: Scroll down to read updates from the SpaceX Bandwagon-3 mission which launched at 8:48 p.m. on April 21 from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. Original story: The second SpaceX ...

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier three times during its first supersonic flight on 28 January, it did not produce a sonic boom audible from the ground, according to US ...

Residents of Washington, D.C., and parts of Virginia were startled on Sunday afternoon by an explosive noise that reverberated overhead, which officials later confirmed was a sonic boom produced as ...

Sonic boom, say what?! This non-quake leaves some of us with questions. Meteorologist Mike Lichniak is here with answers.