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Oct. 14, 1947: Flying faster than sound
When Glamorous Glennis, an experimental Bell X-1 aircraft built to mimic the shape of a .50 caliber bullet, shot to 700 mph ...
Something happened midair over America that sounds more like a scene from a sci-fi movie than a flight report — ...
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OTD in Space - October 14: Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who ...
The craft is part of the US space agency's mission to find a way for ordinary planet travel to become much faster. Find out more here.
On this date in 1947, West Virginia native Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the very first time in human history.
Falcon 9 will be launched on October 7, 2025, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
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