The former record, set in 1997 is about to be broken by the Bloodhound, a new supersonic car that can hit 1,000 miles per hour, with the help of a rocket engine borrowed from a satellite launch ...

Engineers have banded together to create a supersonic car that's built to travel faster than a bullet from a handgun. At 3.6 miles per minute, the Bloodhound Supersonic Car has the potential to ...

Visitors look at the Bloodhound Supersonic Car as it stands on display during a photocall to promote its World Debut, at Canary Wharf in east London on September 24, 2015. The team behind the ...

He compared supersonic flight, or any flight really, to driving a car. “You’re looking straight ahead,” he said. “Doesn’t matter what speed you’re doing, if you look sideways ...

Dr Yan Wong sets a team of young investigators a challenge; to decide whether the Bloodhound super sonic car is most similar to a car, a boat or a plane. They visit a racing track to find out ...

Commercial supersonic travel has not seen its heyday ... One NASA engineer compared the X-59’s sound to that of a car door being shut. To that end, the X-59’s engine is mounted on top of ...

The Bloodhound supersonic car will use a parachute's drag and air resistance to slow it down from 1000 mph. But what design makes the best parachute? Children from Links Primary School in London ...

For supersonic flight, the nose was hydraulically ... Antilock breaks, now standard on cars and aircraft, were first developed to prevent Concorde from skidding as it landed at high speeds.