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A SpaceX spacecraft has caused a sonic boom over California as it returned to Earth's atmosphere, and some on social media ...

A spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere Saturday, triggering a sonic boom that was heard in parts of LA County. The SpaceX ...

Did you hear a loud boom or see a bright light streak across the sky on Saturday night? It was a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship ...

LOS ANGELES — A sonic boom shook part of Southern California Saturday night as SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft reentered Earth’s ...

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But the official reason for the noise was not known. "At this moment, we do not have a way of confirming if the sonic boom the community is experiencing was produced by those visiting aircrafts ...