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NASAâs B-52B mothership, escorted by two F-18s, makes a final flyover after its last research mission that launched the X-43A on its record Mach 9.6 flight. |
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Photo Number: | EC04-0326-13 |
Photo Date: | November 16, 2004 |
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Photo Description: |
NASAâs B-52B mothership, escorted by two F-18s, makes a final flyover after its last research mission that launched the X-43A on its record Mach 9.6 flight. |
Project Description: |
The high-risk, unpiloted X-43A flights are the first actual flight tests of an aircraft powered by a scramjet engine capable of operating at hypersonic speeds (above Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound). The X-43A is powered by a revolutionary air-breathing supersonic-combustion ramjet or "scramjet" engine. |
NASA Photo by: | Tony Landis |
Keywords: | X-43A, X-43, Hyper-X, mach 10, vehicle 3, #3, hypersonic, B-52, B-52B, mothership, scramjet, Pegasus booster rocket, flyover, flyby, last research mission |
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