Hypersonics ResearchExplore the cutting-edge world of hypersonic flight through the X-43A groundbreaking aircraft and its high-speed test missions from NASA Armstrong.EC04-0323-53NASA avionics technicians Randy Wagner and Terry Bishop make final adjustments on the scramjet-powered X-43A before its record Mach 9.6...The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate after launch from NASA's B-52B launch aircraft...The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from the B-52...NASA personnel in a control room during the successful second flight of the X-43A aircraft.NASA's X-43A research vehicle has screamed into the record books, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times...Engineers and technicians in the control room at the Dryden Flight Research Center constantly monitored critical operations and checks during...NASA's historic B-52 mothership carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive-carry flight from Edwards Air Force...The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket dropped away from NASA's B-52B launch aircraft over...Attached to the same B-52B mothership that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's third X-43A performed a...NASA X-43A Monitor Station Operator Brad Neal performs final checks and pre-flight preparations aboard the B-52 for the third X-43A...The Hyper-X X-43A project team in front of NASA's B-52B launch aircraft with the Pegasus booster and X-43A vehicle attached.NASA's B-52B mothership, escorted by two F-18s, made a final flyover after its last research mission that launched the X-43A...The Pegasus booster rocket, carrying the X-43A hypersonic aircraft, is mounted beneath NASA’s B-52B wing. A dry run, known as...
