Article: THIRD X-43 TEST HYPERSONIC RESEARCH CRAFT SET TO FLY MONDAY.(News)

Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - 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.

If the weather permits, on Monday a wedge-shape X-43 unmanned research craft will make the final of three scramjet test flights that National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials expect to provide a wealth of information for designers of future aircraft, space launchers and spacecraft.

The $230 million program's goal is to advance technologies for a scramjet engine drawing oxygen for combustion from the atmosphere, rather ...

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