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 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 ...

Johannesburg - The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (Bloodhound SSC), which aims to break the current world land speed record and reach 1600km/h, reached a significant milestone yesterday as it successfully ...

The world's first 1,000 mph car, the Bloodhound SSC, just became bullet-proof. This car isn't going to hit the highway in a hail of gunfire, obviously. It plans to break the World Land Speed ...

Along a runway at the Newquay Airport in southwest England earlier today, the Bloodhound Supersonic Car zoomed past its hopeful goal of 322 km/h (200 mph). Described by the Bloodhound Project as ...

Work continues as we prepare Bloodhound SSC to run at Newquay later on this year. While it's tempting to become frustrated about how long this is taking, a recent comment by an independent project ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- Speed enthusiasts hope to build a rocket car that can go faster than a bullet from a handgun -- and break the world land speed record. If it succeeds the Bloodhound SSC ...

With just one year - 365 days - to go until we'll be running Bloodhound SSC on the desert in South Africa, work continues to get the Car ready. This seemed like a perfect time to inspect our ...