The former record, set in 1997 is about to be broken by the Bloodhound, a new supersonic car that can hit 1,000 miles per hour, with the help of a rocket engine borrowed from a satellite launch ...

We've been following the progress of the Bloodhound SSC supersonic ... To hit this speed, the car will rely on a trio of rocket engines. The project's press release also mentioned that a couple ...

The addition of a rocket motor in 2020 might then see Bloodhound thunder past 800mph (1,290km/h). Friday's outing was the car's fifth run across the desert, intended to examine its stability and ...

The team behind Bloodhound Supersonic Car is aiming to break the world land ... reach those speeds as well as a combination of jet and rocket technology. In September, the project plans to head ...

The car is essentially built ... outstanding has just demonstrated its readiness. This is the rocket that would go in the back of Bloodhound to push it through the sound barrier.

Visitors look at the Bloodhound Supersonic Car as it stands on display during a photocall to promote its World Debut, at Canary Wharf in east London on September 24, 2015. The team behind the ...

videoExperimenting propulsion with water rockets Primary school children investigate the theory behind what makes the Bloodhound Supersonic car's rocket engine work, trying to make their water ...

DR YAN WONG:Bloodhound is hoping to be the fastest car in the world, by using both a jet engine and a rocket. So I'm here at New Invention Junior School in the West Midlands to investigate how a ...