For instance, most sonic booms have two shock waves, but the Falcon 9 booster produces a boom with three shocks as it descends through the atmosphere after launch. Gee co-authored a paper earlier ...

Languages: English. A SpaceX spacecraft has caused a sonic boom over California as it returned to Earth's atmosphere, and some on social media initially mistook the sound for an earthquake.

Following what many believed was an earthquake that rocked Los Angeles, it was revealed that it was actually a sonic boom from the SpaceX Dragon capsule. Sonic boom, not earthquake: SpaceX Dragon ...

A sonic boom ... to report a loud boom and rattling sensation around 10:45 p.m. Some thought it was a seismic event, others an explosion, still others that its source was an episode of the ...

Most of Southern California felt the shaking from a brief sonic boom created as SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday night. "Dragon is on track to reenter Earth's ...

Southern California residents heard a sonic boom on Saturday. It was caused by SpaceX Dragon spacecraft re-entering Earth's atmosphere. The spacecraft carried research and supplies from the ...

A SpaceX vehicle that has spent about a month docked at the International Space Station on a resupply mission triggered a sonic boom as it made landing off the coast of California on Saturday ...

Did a loud boom startle you or your neighbors’ dogs on Saturday night in Southern California? If so, you’re not alone. Details: <a href="https://ktla.com/news ...