NASA Jet Will Try to Go 7,000 Mph
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In March, NASA launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.
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LOS ANGELES: Nasa delayed a planned flight of an unmanned hypersonic jet designed to reach a record speed of Mach 10, 11,263 kilometre per hour.
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An experimental jet engine has been  successfully tested at speeds of up to 11,000 km (6,835 miles)  per hour, or 10 times the speed of sound, during trials in  Australia's outback, defense scientists said on Friday.
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In March, NASA (news - web sites) launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.
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NASA plans to try to set a world speed record for jets on Monday with the flight of a pilotless vehicle that culminates a decades-long research program into hypersonic flight.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Overcoming a technical delay but still concerned about the weather, NASA this afternoon fueled shuttle Discovery for tonight's second attempt to launch the spaceship and its seven astronauts.
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An unmanned Nasa jet screamed into the record books high over the Pacific Ocean by reaching speeds of almost 7000 mph, brightening hopes that humans might one day be able to fly across a continent in minutes instead of hours.
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The latest launch, set for Friday, brings misty-eyed NASA engineers one step closer to the end of a flight program that's endured for 26 years.
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NASA officials on Monday postponed for a day the launch of an unmanned experimental jet that would have attempted to shoot out across the Pacific Ocean at a record speed of more than 7,000 mph (11,265 kph) after an apparent glitch
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The US space agency NASA plans to launch an experimental aircraft Monday that it hopes will set a new world record for air speed. If weather permits, an unpiloted wedge-shaped X-43 aircraft
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NASA engineers and researchers are gearing up to end a hypersonic research program with a world-record flight approaching 7,000 mph over the Pacific Ocean.
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Los Angeles - In March, Nasa launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 8 050km/h. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.
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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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A small, pilotless NASA aircraft set a speed record for jet planes on Tuesday when it dashed out over the Pacific Ocean at almost 10 times the speed of sound, project officials announced.
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A private space plane is set to shoot beyond Earth&#39;s atmosphere for the second time in a week on Monday in a pioneering bid to win a $10 million prize and prove that space is open for business.
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LOS ANGELES NASA&#39;s unmanned &quot;scramjet&quot; proved it&#39;s small but it&#39;s fast -- in a record-breaking demonstration above the Pacific Ocean.
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An "air-breathing" hypersonic plane will attempt to break the world speed record for the second time in a year by flying at 10 times the speed of sound.