Richard Noble is one such person. He’s spearheading a project called Bloodhound SSC that will visit uncharted territory on its way to a new land speed record on the far side of 1,000mph.

The full size, full length BLOODHOUND SSC show car unveiled at Farnborough (Image: Nick Haselwood) The design of the car was the result of aerodynamic research using Computational Fluid Dynamics ...

The three-year deal includes both financial and technical support for the project, as well as an extension of Bloodhound SSC's STEM in schools promotion across China. Richard Noble, the main ...

The car is powered by a Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet from a Eurofighter Typhoon, a number of Nammo hybrid rockets and a Jaguar V8 engine (Picture: Bloodhound SSC) Today’s trails will test the car’s ...

A rocket-powered car is on track to set a land speed record of 1000 mph, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Bloodhound SSC is the brainchild of Richard Noble, the British creator of Thrust SSC ...

The Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC) was put up for sale at an asking price of $319,000, according to the BBC. But the car and Bloodhound’s other assets have been purchased by a British ...

Bloodhound SSC entered administration last October seeking up to up to £25 million (around $32 million) in funding. Project Bloodhound is now being bought “for an undisclosed amount” by ...

Green will be driving the £10 million Bloodhound SSC in South Africa next year in an attempt to beat the current record of 763mph (he set it himself in 1997 in the ThrustSSC) before returning in ...

When you're the Bloodhound SSC, a rocket built solely to challenge the land speed record, you need not concern yourself with anything beyond driving in a straight line and stopping. That means ...

The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) has been designed for one single purpose: To be the first car ever to reach 1,000mph. Costing a staggering £10m and taking almost a decade to design and build ...

The insane quest to top 1000 mph in a car is right on schedule, says Richard Noble, the 68-year-old, perfectly sane-sounding head of the Bloodhound SSC project. "We're on plan," Noble says.

This is the Bloodhound SSC. When finished, it will be powered by a jet engine bolted to a rocket. Together they will produce 47,500 pounds of thrust. And the retired Royal Air Force pilot who ...