Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Hyper-X Launch Vehicle was successfully launched on Saturday, March 27 in a flight test that originated from NASA’s Dryden Flight ...

NASA's successful X-43A hypersonic research aircraft flight resulted in a treasure trove of scramjet data. The initial data review, conducted on March 31, confirmed high-fidelity flight data was ...

NASA's X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books again Tuesday, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Preliminary data from the ...

In 2004, the 12-foot-long, unmanned X-43A was the fastest powered air-breathing vehicle to date at Mach 6.8 in March and Mach 9.6 in November. Each record flight was just seconds long, yet in those ...

NASA's X-43A Hyper-X mishap investigation board has concluded that the 2 June2001 hypersonic test attempt failed because of a deficient vehicle control system stemming from modelling inaccuracies. The ...

SCRUBBED: For the second consecutive day, NASA has scrubbed a planned captive-carry flight for the "Hyper-X" X-43A hypersonic demonstrator due to a hydraulic problem on its B-52 carrier. In a dress ...

Successful Mach 7 mission is crucial to plans to fly vehicle at M10 and for follow-on faster experimental craft NASA has scheduled its crucial second attempt to fly the X-43A experimental hypersonic ...

Shortly after 2 p.m. PST the X-43A unmanned vehicle separated from a Pegasus rocket booster and achieved Mach 7 speeds during a successful test of the vehicle's scramjet engine. Following a lift from ...

CAPTIVE CARRY: NASA's X-43A "Hyper-X" hypersonic demonstrator conducted its final captive-carry flight at Dryden Flight Research Center Sept. 27 in preparation for a Mach 10 (7,600 miles per hour) ...

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NASA engineers shattered the aircraft speed record on Tuesday by flying their unmanned X-43A jet off the coast of California at nearly 6,600 miles per hour. The historic flight began at about 2:36 p.m ...