NASA Test Flight Nears 7,000 Mph, Breaks Record
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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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NASA will test its latest jet-powered aircraft for the final time next week, aiming to set a world record by flying at 10 times the speed of sound.
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The Guinness Book of Records has officially recognised the world speed record set by Nasa&#39;s X-43A hypersonic aircraft earlier this year.
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TRANSATLANTIC travellers could be in the US in minutes rather than hours after a supersonic jet screamed into the record books. The unmanned NASA jet reached speeds of almost 7,000 mph
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A tiny unmanned NASA &quot;scramjet&quot; soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a record-breaking demonstration of a radical new engine technology.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, June 8 -- A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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NASA&#39;s experimental X-43A, a sleek unpiloted forerunner to a routine space launcher or a blindingly fast airliner, streaked above the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday to establish a speed record for jet aircraft of about 6,600 mph.
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An experimental pilotless jet will today attempt to break the world speed record by reaching 7,000mph - the equivalent of two miles per second.
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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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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside during the shuttle Discovery's stay at the international space station. U.S.
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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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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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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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By Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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The Guinness Book of Records officially recognises the speed record set by Nasa's X-43A hypersonic aircraft.
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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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Engineers for the space agency's experimental X-43A project prepare to break the aircraft speed record. But the hypersonic jet flight could be NASA's last. By Amit Asaravala.