Sentences with phrase «supersonic aircraft create»

Now, Knipp and her team have determined that when such powerful CMEs come off the sun and speed toward Earth, they create shock waves much like supersonic aircraft create sonic booms.

Not exact matches

NASA awards $ 247.5 million cost - plus contract to Lockheed Martin to design and build a supersonic aircraft that does not create a traditional sonic boom.

But the boom created when the aircraft breaks the sound barrier is so loud that it can shatter windows and dislodge roof tiles, so supersonic flights are banned or restricted in many areas.

Moreover, Mira's course has been taking it through a relatively dense zone of interstellar space, and its interaction with molecules of gas and dust creates a bow - shock effect, similar to what happens when a bullet or a supersonic aircraft travels through air.

NASA and Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works are teaming up to create the Low - Boom Flight Demonstrator, an experimental aircraft that aims to usher in the era of commercial supersonic flight.