NASA's experimental X-43A didn't have a pilot and couldn't fly independently, but its blisteringly high speeds showed that ...
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10 Seconds at Mach 9.68: The Brief, Glorious Life of the X-43A
A, the unmanned experimental aircraft that holds the world record for the fastest flight by an air-breathing jet. -As part of ...
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NASA’s X-43A Scramjet Almost Hit Mach 10 But Got the Hypersonic ‘Axe’
A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...
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