The U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed legislation that lifted the previous ban on supersonic flight over land on June 6, 2025.

ABOVE: Boom Aerospace is developing ‘quiet technologies’ to address sonic boom problems Lawmakers in the US House and Senate ...

The first dreams of supersonic air travel were crushed by annoyed Oklahoma City residents in the 1960s. Decades later, it ...

There have been rockets launching from Vandenberg for decades, so why are the Falcon 9 launches of such concern? "Because of the Starlink satellites, the orbital mechanics for where they're trying to ...

These stations, positioned from the beaches between Isla Vista and Malibu to the hills of Ojai, capture data on the complex sonic boom patterns created by rockets. “It’s like trying to catch lightning ...

As an undergraduate at Brigham Young, Dr. Gee liked physics and music, so the field of acoustics, ... it generated a sonic boom and a second wave of data for the B.Y.U. scientists.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Sonic booms from Falcon 9 rocket launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base are increasingly detected up to 100 miles away, with their frequency and intensity ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 19, 2025 – Rocket launches are amazing spectacles, but close-up viewers know to bring a set of earplugs or earmuffs to protect their hearing. However, the boom of a launch isn ...

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. “With a better understanding of the ...

Jackson State University's Sonic Boom marching band performed with Travis Scott at Coachella 2025. The performance came after Scott put out a call on social media for HBCU bands to submit videos.