NASA experimental &#39;scramjet&#39; prepares for Mach 10 attempt
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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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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - NASA&#39;s unpiloted jet briefly reached more than nine times the speed of sound in a test flight on Tuesday.
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NASA&#39;s unmanned X-43A plane is the latest product of its research program into flight at more than five times the speed of sound.
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NASA is set to fly a jet at ten times the speed of sound or approximately 7,000 miles per hour today in a test over the Pacific Ocean.
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Existing sabres don't rattle noisily enough Reports are emerging that Chinese thruster-boffins are mounting a major push to perfect supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) technology, in a move that could stimulate American research.â¦
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HAMPTON -- When the space shuttle Atlantis re-enters Earth's atmosphere at somewhere around Mach 20 today, a small piece of a protective thermal blanket will be held together with surgical staples and metal pins.
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A NASA experiment that could help shape the future of space exploration as part of a new generation of potentially life-saving space crafts has launched
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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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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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NASA, on Monday, reported its plans to delay the launch of its recently created super fast jet or &quot;scramjet&quot; that is expected to reach high speeds of 7,000 mph in a matter of few minutes.
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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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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - A US hypersonic experimental scramjet, the X-43A, raced into the record books, flying at a world-record speed nearly 10 times faster than sound, NASA confirmed.
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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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NASA&#39;s third and final test of the X-43A scramjet ended successfully yesterday when the vehicle reached a velocity of almost Mach 9.8 over the Pacific.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - A three-seat rocket plane with  stubby wings and a nose studded with round windows will try to  blast out of Earth's atmosphere above the Mojave desert on  Wednesday to qualify for a $10-million prize designed to spur  commercial space travel.
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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.