It was an interstellar family reunion of sorts last week, as
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) snapped a picture of the
Mars Rover Opportunity from high overhead, showing the rover near
the rim of Victoria Crater.
Early fighter pilots were sometimes called knights of the air.
Now, jet-borne jousting is combating supersonic shockwaves,
hopefully enough to lessen the resulting sonic boom heard on the
ground.
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