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This 1-minute, 41-second movie shows NASA's X-43A demonstrating supersonic-combustion ramjet (scramjet) propulsion during two of its record-setting flights i.
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The X43-A itself is little more than an aerodynamic 12-foot long wedge, much smaller and lighter than traditional rocket powered aircraft like the 50 foot long X-15, a vehicle that itself.
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Mar 07, 2016 Image Article Four decades of supersonic-combustion ramjet propulsion research culminated in a successful flight of the X-43A hypersonic technology demonstrator in March 2004, the first time a scramjet-powered aircraft had flown freely.
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Information gained from Tuesday's record-setting flight of NASA's Hyper-X research vehicle will be used by Boeing [NYSE: BA] as it designs the future of flight. Powered by an air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjet engine, or "scramjet," NASA's 12.3-foot-long Hyper-X (or X-43A) flew close to Mach 10, or about 7,200 miles per hour, on Nov. 16.
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NASA's high-risk, high-payoff Hyper-X Program is ready to attempt its greatest challenge yet - flying a "scramjet"-powered X-43A research vehicle at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Officials have set Nov. 15 or 16 for the flight, which will take place in restricted U.S. Naval airspace over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Los Angeles.
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The NASA X-43 was an experimental unmanned hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test various aspects of hypersonic flight. It was part of the X-plane series and specifically of NASA 's Hyper-X program developed in the late 1990s. [1] It set several airspeed records for jet aircraft.
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170 Share 35K views 10 years ago This 32-second video shows the successful launch of the NASA's X-43A from B-52 Mothership on its second test flight. Show more Show more
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NASA's X-43A hypersonic aircraft is launched to Mach 10 by a Pegasus rocket booster where the experimental scramjet engine is tested during this third flight of the Hyper-X program. (3min.
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The flight of NASA's X-43A at seven times the speed of sound got a lift from Boeing [NYSE: BA] research expertise with hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft.. Boeing T-X. C-17 Globemaster III. C-40A. CH-47 Chinook. Cybersecurity & Information Management. EA-18G Growler. F/A-18 Super Hornet. F-15 Strike Eagle. Global Services & Support. KC-46A.
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The Boeing X-43A is a hypersonic test drone. It could fly up to Mach 10. Illustrations [ edit] Illustration of the X-43A in flight Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) image is of the Hyper-X at the Mach 7 test condition with the engine operating. Photographs [ edit] X-43A model at Mach 7 in wind tunnel
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http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43-main.htmlX-43A Raises the Bar to Mach 9.6Guinness World Records recognized NASA's X-43A scramjet with a new world s.
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X-43A Flight Makes Aviation History.. Tennessee, and Ronkonkoma, New York, built the three X-43A research aircraft and engines. Boeing Phantom Works in Huntington Beach, California, designed the thermal protection and onboard systems. The booster was a modified Pegasus rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp. in Chandler, Arizona.
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The X-43 was an experimental unmanned #hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test various aspects of hypersonic flight. It was.
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the NASA-Boeing X-43A Hyper X vehi-cle, powered by a scramjet engine, set two world speed records for air-breathing ve-hicles with flights at Mach 6.83 and Mach 9.68. Boeing was a major contributor to the X-43A program, as it has been for virtual-ly every other hypersonics technology and systems development program since the
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The NB-52B launched the Hyper-X stack at an altitude of 40,000 feet, heading due west. The stack dropped for five seconds before the Pegasus booster ignited. The Pegasus booster climbed to 110,000 feet and accelerated to Mach 9.8 in about 90 seconds and then released the X-43A. Once it was established that the X-43A was in stable flight, the.
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To be more precise about its speed capabilities, the X-43A, during its third and final flight in November 2004, successfully attained a speed of Mach 9.6 (7,365 mph; 11,852 kph) as it flew over.