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 "scramjet" engine technology.
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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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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Dec. 12 -- Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside space shuttle Discovery during its stay at the international space station.
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The Guinness Book of Records recognises the world speed record set by Nasa's X-43A hypersonic aircraft in March.
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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.--Even as Silicon Graphics trumpeted on Tuesday a new speed record with its Columbia supercomputer built for NASA, CNET News.
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In what promises to be a second record-breaking flight in less than eight months, NASA aims to make aviation history today by flying an airplane powered by a scramjet engine at 10 times the speed of sound.
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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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An &quot;air-breathing&quot; test plane will attempt to break a world speed record for the second time in a year by flying at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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The US space agency (NASA) says an unmanned supersonic jet Tuesday succeeded in breaking a speed record. NASA says preliminary data from its X-43A experimental aircraft shows it reached speeds
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38 p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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An experimental NASA jet has flown at just under 10 times the speed of sound, a record that is a step forward for the plane and its experimental scramjet engine.
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It&#39;s small, but it&#39;s fast, as NASA&#39;s unmanned &quot;scramjet&quot; proved Tuesday in a record-breaking demonstration above the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA is finally ready  to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle  Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff at 7:38  p.m. EDT on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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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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World News &gt; Washington, Nov 17 : NASA&#39;s hypersonic experimental scramjet X-43A has broken the aircraft speed record by clocking 7000 miles per hour which is nearly 10 times the speed of sound.