"This image makes the invisible visible — the first American made civil supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier." ...

The photo is a Schlieren image. Developed in 1864 by German ... software using NASA data to guide the pilot on a path where the aircraft could eclipse the sun. When the XB-1 entered the right ...

During the XB-1's second supersonic flight, NASA teams on the ground used Schlieren photography, a technique which visualises shock waves generated as an aircraft moves through the air at ...

This image, a vivid display of air rippling around the aircraft, was achieved using Schlieren photography, an optical technique that reveals changes in air density. It is a dramatic visual for a ...

Boom Supersonic is partnering with NASA to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight testing for the XB-1 ...

Now an incredible photo from NASA, using specialized Schlieren imaging to show air flow, has captured the shock waves as Boom’s XB-1 aircraft exceeded Mach 1, the speed of sound. Boom hopes to ...

It shows the supersonic XB-1 aircraft from Boom Supersonic racing past the Sun, revealing shock waves invisible to the naked eye. A Schlieren image captured during the test flight of the supersonic XB ...

NASA first visually captured supersonic shock waves in 2019 after a decade of research. The technology was developed in part ...

Taking Schlieren images requires ideal conditions ... documenting the changing air density around the aircraft at speeds exceeding Mach 1. In January, XB-1 became the first independently developed ...

NASA teams on the ground used Schlieren photography to capture the shock waves around Boom Supersonic’s demonstrator aircraft XB-1 as it pushed through the air. “This image makes the invisible ...