Records Broken: Mach 9.6 X-43A ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has A Message For the Air Force

Records Broken: Mach 9.6 X-43A ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has A Message For the Air Force

Synopsis: NASA’s unmanned X-43A Hyper-X proved that an air-breathing scramjet could fly at hypersonic speed, riding a B-52 launch and a booster rocket before separating for a brief powered run. -After a first flight failed, the program delivered breakthrough data, hitting Mach 7 and then a record Mach 9.6 in 2004, earning a Guinness mark […] The post Records Broken: Mach 9.6 X-43A ‘Hypersonic Scramjet’ Has A Message For the Air Force appeared fi…