{"id":225841,"date":"2019-03-06T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg"},"modified":"2023-06-13T18:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T22:26:51","slug":"nasa-captures-supersonic-shock-interaction-8","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/nasa-captures-supersonic-shock-interaction-8\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Captures Supersonic Shock Interaction"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[10822,12245],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"NASA","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Two U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft flying in formation at supersonic speed.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=300,163 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=768,418 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=1024,557 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=400,217 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=600,326 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=900,489 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using the schlieren photography technique, NASA was able to capture the first air-to-air images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft flying in formation during the fourth phase of the Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights, or AirBOS flight series. These two U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft are flying in formation, approximately 30 feet apart, at supersonic speeds, or faster than the speed of sound, producing shockwaves that are typically heard on the ground as a sonic boom. The images, originally monochromatic and shown here as colorized composite images, were captured during a supersonic flight series flown, in part, to better understand how shocks interact with aircraft plumes, as well as with each other.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/centers\/armstrong\/features\/supersonic-shockwave-interaction.html\">Read more about AirBOS Phase 4 flight tests.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 2019<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Using the schlieren photography technique, NASA was able to capture the first air-to-air images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft flying in formation during the fourth phase of Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights, or AirBOS flight series.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Two U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft flying in formation at supersonic speed.","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":566,"file":"2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg","filesize":95860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=300,163","width":300,"height":163,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=768,418","width":768,"height":418,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=1024,557","width":1024,"height":557,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=400,217","width":400,"height":217,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=600,326","width":600,"height":326,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?resize=900,489","width":900,"height":489,"filesize":95860,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg","width":1024,"height":557,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"NASA","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f4_p4_red_planedrop-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=225841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}