NASA X-43A Scramjet Readied For Mach 10 (2004)

Courtesy: NASA Langley Research Center, Dryden Flight Research Center 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 speed of sound. Officials have set Nov. 15 or 16 for the flight, which will take place in restricted U.S. Naval airspace over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Los Angeles. This will be the last and, by far, the fastest of three unpiloted flight tests designed to e