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Article: THIRD X-43 TEST HYPERSONIC RESEARCH CRAFT SET TO FLY MONDAY.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2004
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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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