The Washington Post8d
11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...
CBS News10d
Civilian jet breaks sound barrier during historic test flight over Mojave Desert
A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...
USA Today8d
Public land in Mojave Desert just named as California's newest national monument
Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise ... on earth where the Munz's Cholla is found, the largest cactus in California according to CA Desert Lands. Need a break?
Washington Times10d
First American-made supersonic civilian jet breaks sound barrier in flight over the Mojave Desert
American aircraft company Boom Supersonic proved their name by successfully flying their civilian jet, the XB-1, faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert Tuesday. The test flight out ...
Austin American-Statesman11d
Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert
The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a prototype aircraft that many tout as the Concorde’s successor, will be livestreamed at 6:45 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from Mojave north ...
The Washington Post11d
Civilian jet breaks sound barrier in test over Mojave Desert
A civilian jet broke the sound barrier three times during a test flight in California’s Mojave Desert on Tuesday, the first time a privately developed and built aircraft has accomplished such a ...