US scramjet clocks 10 times speed of sound
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, United States : A US hypersonic experimental scramjet, the X-43A, clocked up a test flight at a world record speed 10 times faster than sound, NASA said.
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LOS ANGELES -- The future of hypersonic flight is uncertain, but next week a tiny unmanned NASA jet will try to hurtle into that unknown on a one-way trip at 10 times the speed of sound.
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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 &quot;scramjet&quot; engine technology.
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An unmanned NASA jet that set a speed record of almost 7,000 miles per hour was built by a Tennessee company. The 12-foot-long X-43-A supersonic combustion ramjet, or Scramjet, flew on its
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Summary - (Nov 17, 2004) The X-43A scramjet broke its own world record for air breathing engines on Tuesday, when it traveled at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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By John Nolan, Dayton Daily News, Ohio  Jun. 24--DAYTON -- A 45-foot-long gun that fires aluminum pellets at up  to 5.5 miles per second -- nearly 20,000 mph -- is helping researchers gather  data that can be used to better protect space vehicles from orbiting junk.
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Nasa&#39;s X-43A, the world&#39;s fastest jet, was launched over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in an attempt to fly at 10 times the speed of sound, Mach 10.
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A tiny unmanned Nasa &quot;scramjet&quot; set a new world speed record after flying at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. The 12ft supersonic combustion ramjet flew at just under 7,000mph - or around Mach 9.6.
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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.
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A tiny pilotless NASA jet soared above the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, almost 7,000 miles an hour, thanks to a radical new engine technology.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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An unmanned experimental jet has broken a world record for speed, cruising over the Pacific Ocean at just under 7000 miles (11,265km) per hour in a NASA test of cutting-edge &quot;scramjet&quot; engine technology.
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A small, air-breathing test plane will attempt to blaze into history on Monday by flying at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. The hypersonic craft is one of three built by NASA for its $230-million Hyper-X project, established in 1996.
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Description: The scramjet is a new plane that can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. NASA conducted a successful test-flight Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES: Nasa has delayed the third and final test flight of an unmanned, hypersonic aircraft attempting to fly at 10 times the speed of sound.
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SPRINT TO RECORD: A NASA-backed supersonic combustion ramjet &#151; or scramjet &#151; flew on its on power for 10 seconds, setting a world speed record for an air-breathing engine.
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A small, unmanned NASA jet flew into the record books Tuesday, setting a speed record for jet planes when it screamed out over the Pacific Ocean at Mach 9.6 speed -- almost 10 times the speed of sound -- project officials announced.