National Security Journal on MSN

Mach 9.6 X-43A ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has a Message for Any Military on Earth

A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in 2004. -Launched ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The Mach 9.6 X-43A ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record

NASA’s X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books today, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Preliminary data from the scramjet-powered ...
SpaceNews

NASA Schedules Hypersonic X-43A, Mach 10 Flight Press Briefing

A news media briefing for the final X-43A hypersonic-research flight is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at 1 p.m. EST. The event is at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), Edwards, Calif.
Billings Gazette

NASA 'scramjet' launched on Mach 10 flight attempt off California

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared over the Pacific Ocean Tuesday to demonstrate a radical new engine technology by attempting to fly at a record speed of about 7,000 mph, ...
ExtremeTech

NASA Drops Decades of Archival Flight Research Footage on YouTube

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New York Sun

NASA Jet Delayed in Effort to Reach 7,000 MPH Mark

LOS ANGELES – NASA yesterday delayed a planned flight of an unmanned hypersonic jet designed to reach a record speed of Mach 10, or 7,000 mph. A problem developed with the plane’s avionics shortly ...