New Probe Could Improve Sonic Boom Investigation

New Probe Could Improve Sonic Boom Investigation Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 - An air data probe intended to improve investigation of sonic booms is flying on the F-15B aircraft at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. NASA's goal for sonic boom research is to find ways to control and lessen the noise from shockwaves so that federal regulators will allow commercial supersonic flight overland. The current six-flight series is set to continue through a ... more

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