Speed Comparison Chart

SPEED COMPARISON CHART A VISUALISATION OF MAN'S HIGH SPEED ENDEAVOURS MPH A APOLLO 10 24,790 MPH - 1969 25000 THE FASTEST MAN HAS TRAVELLED. THE APOLLO 10 CAPSULE FELL TO EARTH AT OVER 32 TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND FOLLOWING A TEST RUN FOR THE MOON LANDING SPACE SHUTTLE 17,320 MPH - 1981 RE-ENTRY SPEEDS REACHED BY THE SPACE SHUTTLE ON A TYPICAL RETURN FLIGHT TO EARTH Re entry 20000 NASA X-43A 7,546 MPH - 2004 UNMANNED SCRAMJET HYPERSONIC PLANE. THE FASTEST JET PROPELLED AIRCRAFT X-15 ROCKET PLANE 5,519 MPH - 1967 THE ROCKET PROPELLED X-15 SET SPEED AND ALTITUDE RECORDS IN THE EARLY 1960S, REACHING THE EDGE OF OUTER SPACE. PILOTS INCLUDED NEIL ARMSTRONG 15000 SR71 BLACKBIRD 2,194 MPH - 1976 FASTEST MANNED JET POWERED AIRCRAFT EUROFIGHTER - TYPHOON High Hypersonic 1550 MPH - 1994 Mach >10.0 THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED COMBAT AIRCRAFT JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY UK, SPAIN, GERMANY AND ITALY 10000 CONCORDE 1,450 MPH - 1969 TURBOJET-POWERED SUPERSONIC PASSENGER AIRLINER RUNNING COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FOR 27 YEARS THRUST SSC 763 MPH - 1997 A BRITISH JET-PROPELLED CAR BECAME THE FIRST CAR TO OFFICIALLY BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER Hypersonic Mach 5.0-10.0 COMMERCIAL FLIGHT 5000 600 MPH CRUISE SPEED OF A COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT FALCON DIVE 217 MPH Supersonic Mach 1.2 - 5.0 THE WORLD'S FASTEST ANIMAL MOTORWAY LIMIT 70 MPH Subsonic Mach <1.0