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Red Bull’s 843 mph space jump was too quickly forgotten
When a reel of Baumgartner’s leap from the stratosphere crossed my feed today, I realized I had completely forgotten about the Red Bull Stratos feat. Next, I thought, surely this was just a couple of ...
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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What Is the Boom XB-1? Civil Jet Makes History by Breaking Sound Barrier
During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times during the ...
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How daredevil stuntman survived fall after jumping from space to Earth at 850mph
A daredevil stuntman broke the sound barrier when he jumped from the edge of space back down to Earth in 2012. In 2012, ...