X-43 hits 6,600 mph over Pacific Ocean
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NASA&#39;s X-43 unmanned aircraft hit a record 6,600 mph Tuesday in the program&#39;s final test flight, providing researchers with data for use on future ultra-high-speed aircraft and spacecraft.
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The final flight of NASA&#39;s X-43A hypersonic research aircraft is still on schedule for Monday afternoon, Nov. 15, weather permitting.
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LOS ANGELES Nov 17, 2004 - An unmanned NASA jet screamed into the record books high over the Pacific Ocean by reaching speeds of almost 7,000 mph, brightening hopes that humans might one day be able to fly across a continent in minutes instead of hours.
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WASHINGTON: NASA will today conduct the final and fastest test flight of its pilotless X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, aiming to send it zooming across the Pacific Ocean at about 10 times the speed of sound -- almost 3.2 kilometers (two miles) per
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MOSCOW, Feb. 12 -- A long-range Russian bomber buzzed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean last weekend, while a second bomber circled about 50 miles away, U.S. officials said. The Nimitz scrambled fighter jets to intercept the Russian warplanes.
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In this photo released by NASA, the X-43A &quot;scramjet&quot; is seen attached to a modified Pegasus rocket under the wing of a B-52 aircraft before its release off the Southern California coast Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004.
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An unmanned experimental jet broke  a world record for speed on Tuesday, cruising over the Pacific  Ocean at just under 7,000 miles per hour in a NASA test of  cutting-edge "scramjet" engine technology.
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NASA will attempt to set the world speed record for an air-intake engine tomorrow. The X-43A Hyper-X is a supersonic ramjet that may lead to more efficient launch vehicles and missiles in the future.
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Aviation enthusiasts awaiting the historic flight of NASA's experimental X-43A 'scramjet' will have to wait another day. Mission planners hope to fly the unmanned jet at a record-breaking 7,000 mph. By Amit Asaravala.
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An unmanned NASA jet was launched over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in a bid to demonstrate a radical new engine technology by flying at a world-record 7,000 mph - almost 10 times the speed of sound.
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If all goes as scheduled Monday afternoon, NASA will set another flight-speed record with its X-43A hypersonic, scramjet research aircraft.
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Decades of research come to a close as NASA&#39;s X-43 test flight goes off without a hitch. HAMPTON -- It was more than a record-breaking event Tuesday when an experimental airplane called the X-43A streaked
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The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles.
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The US space agency flies its X-43A hypersonic jet to a speed in excess of nine times the speed of sound.
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NASA on Monday will attempt to set an air speed record when it launches its pilot-less X-43A &quot;scramjet.&quot;. Paul Allen was first.
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NASA&#39;s X-43A unmanned experimental research jet nosed its way into the record books again on Tuesday as it flew close to Mach 10.
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WASHINGTON: Nasa will conduct the final and fastest test flight of its pilotless X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, aiming to send it zooming across the Pacific Ocean at about 10 times the speed of sound - 3.2 km per second.