Jan 5, 2024 · An artist's conception of the X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" in flight. NASA made aviation history with the first successful flights of a scramjet-powered …

Aug 23, 2023 · As part of a combined systems test conducted by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft rolls down... Orbital Sciences Corp. technicians …

In developing the launch vehicle for the X-43A program, the NASA-Orbital team had to develop aerodynamic models and guidance strategies precise enough to deliver the X-43A research …

Mar 7, 2016 · Four decades of supersonic-combustion ramjet propulsion research culminated in a successful flight of the X-43A hypersonic technology demonstrator in March 2004, the first …

Jun 5, 2013 · NASA’s X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books again Tuesday, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.

Mar 23, 2008 · NASA's X-43A research vehicle has screamed into the record books, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound on …

NASA proposal for the Phase I work on the HRE stated that scramjet design had advanced to the point that “gaps” in component technology “had been filled.”

X-43 Program Overview X-43A First flight demonstrator of X-43 Program flew at single test conditions. X-43C Planned flight demonstrator provides testing over a range of Mach numbers …

Jun 5, 2013 · The flight was the culmination of NASA’s Hyper-X Program, a seven-year, approximately $230 million ground and flight test program designed to explore an alternative to …

Jun 5, 2013 · NASA’s high-risk, high-payoff Hyper-X Program is ready to attempt its greatest challenge yet – flying a “scramjet”-powered X-43A research vehicle at nearly 10 times the …