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On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, the first X-plane

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On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Here's why it mattered.

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Americas
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English
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science-98b8b114

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On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, the first X-plane · Meridian Globe