A, an unmanned scramjet testbed, set the world record for an air-breathing aircraft by hitting Mach 9.6 in 2004. -Launched ...
Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The NASA X-43 was a groundbreaking hypersonic aircraft developed under the Hyper-X program in the late 1990s. It set records, reaching speeds of Mach 9.64, far ...
This Is Strange: The X-43A Hyper-X was NASA’s groundbreaking scramjet-powered experimental aircraft, setting records in 2004 by reaching speeds close to Mach 10. Despite its success, the U.S.