The set of problems that have never had a “just run it in the tunnel” has never had a hypersonics set. What X-43A has brought ...

Just a couple of decades ago, aviation had some rules. If you wanted to fly fast within the atmosphere, you used a jet engine. The champion here was the SR-71 Blackbird, designed by Lockheed Martin, ...

NASA's second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft flew successfully today, the first time an airbreathing scramjet powered aircraft has flown freely. NASA's second X-43A hypersonic research ...

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Hyper-X Launch Vehicle was successfully launched on Saturday, March 27 in a flight test that originated from NASA’s Dryden Flight ...

expertise with hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft. On Saturday, a NASA Dryden Flight Research Center B-52 aircraft flown from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., carried the X-43A off the California coast ...

NASA's successful X-43A hypersonic research aircraft flight resulted in a treasure trove of scramjet data. The initial data review, conducted on March 31, confirmed high-fidelity flight data was ...

SCRUBBED: For the second consecutive day, NASA has scrubbed a planned captive-carry flight for the "Hyper-X" X-43A hypersonic demonstrator due to a hydraulic problem on its B-52 carrier. In a dress ...

NASA's X-43A Hyper-X mishap investigation board has concluded that the 2 June2001 hypersonic test attempt failed because of a deficient vehicle control system stemming from modelling inaccuracies. The ...

CAPTIVE CARRY: NASA's X-43A "Hyper-X" hypersonic demonstrator conducted its final captive-carry flight at Dryden Flight Research Center Sept. 27 in preparation for a Mach 10 (7,600 miles per hour) ...

Successful Mach 7 mission is crucial to plans to fly vehicle at M10 and for follow-on faster experimental craft NASA has scheduled its crucial second attempt to fly the X-43A experimental hypersonic ...

Halfway between chess and bocce, curling is experiencing an evolution thanks to technology. From brooms to stones to footwear, here’s everything you need to know about the game’s gadgets. I Have ...