The NASA X-43 was an experimental unmanned hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test various aspects of hypersonic flight...
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American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as...
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It is a 120-percent-scaled derivative of the earlier Boeing X-40. The X-37 began as a NASA project in 1999, before being transferred to the United States...
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air and vehicle may be reasonably neglected in calculations. Generally, NASA defines "high" hypersonic as any Mach number from 10 to 25, and re-entry...
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Corporation". www.sncorp.com. "NASA X-43". Aerospace Technology. Conner, Monroe (4 April 2016). "X-43A (Hyper-X)". NASA. "HyperSoar – Military Aircraft"...
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US, a similar project, the X-20 Dyna-Soar, was to be launched on a Titan II booster. As the crewed space role moved to NASA, and uncrewed reconnaissance...
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air/slush LH2 Scramjet Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era NASA X-43 (essentially a scaled-down model) Tupolev Tu-2000 HOTOL – UK spaceplane...
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handling qualities", ICAS, 2002 "X-34 Rocket Plane Takes to the Sky as Part of Safety Check", NASA (Retrieved 29 Sept 2014) "NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Space...
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air and vehicle may be reasonably neglected in calculations. Generally, NASA defines high hypersonic as any Mach number from 10 to 25, and re-entry speeds...
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to provide thrust. The engine operates at supersonic speeds only. The NASA X-43, an experimental unmanned scramjet, set a world speed record in 2004 for...
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(rocket booster) Boeing X-37 Boeing X-51 DARPA Falcon Project Liquid fly-back booster, 1999-2004 study for Ariane NASA X-43 Reusable Booster System,...
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Research Center. NASA. Retrieved January 9, 2010. Jenkins, Landis & Miller 2003, p. 47. Jenkins, Landis & Miller 2003, p. 50. NASA - X-48 Project Completes...
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in outback South Australia. On 27 May 2010, NASA and the United States Air Force successfully flew the X-51A Waverider for approximately 200 seconds at...
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Matt; Barnstorff, Kathy (17 June 2016). "NASA Hybrid Electric Research Plane Gets X Number, New Name". NASA.gov. NASA. Retrieved 17 June 2016. The Air Force...
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testbed had flown successfully. At the time of the planning phase for HOPE-X, Japanese spaceflight had seen a string of successful advancements in the...
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List of experimental aircraft (section X-planes)
DARPA/NASA maneuvering re-entry vehicle X-42 Pop-Up Upper Stage – Classified rocket upper stage NASA X-43 Hyper-X – Hypersonic scramjet Lockheed Martin X-44...
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derived from NASA's HL-20 Personnel Launch System spaceplane concept, which in turn is descended from a series of test vehicles, including the X-20 Dyna-Soar...
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systems and aerodynamic control features. Test flights were supported by NASA, the Space and Missile Systems Center, Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories...
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SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally scheduled...
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(USA), first privately designed space plane NASA X-43 (2004) (USA), scramjet powered demonstrator Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (2006) (USA), modified...
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role, configuration, and era X-20 Dyna-Soar X-24 NASA X-38 Crew Return Vehicle Gordon, Yefim; Gunston, Bill (2000). Soviet X-Planes. Hinkley: Midland. pp...
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Spacemaster X-20 Dyna-Soar Orbital Sciences X-34 Rockwell X-30 (NASP) NASA X-43 Silver Dart HL-20 HL-42 Rocketplane XP VentureStar Black Horse NASA X-38 (Spacewedge)...
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January 24, 2006 Rocketplane Limited announced a Space Act agreement with NASA Johnson Space Center for the loan of a Rocketdyne RS-88 rocket engine for...
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HL-20 Personnel Launch System (redirect from NASA HL-20)
The HL-20 Personnel Launch System was a NASA spaceplane concept for crewed orbital missions studied by NASA's Langley Research Center around 1990. It...
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August 2024). "NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational Flexibility – NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission". NASA. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "NASA decides to...
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experiments to a peak altitude of 266,000 feet (50.4 mi; 81 km; 43.8 nmi), above NASA's definition of the start of space at 50 miles (80 km) but below...
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was destroyed on splashdown. Boeing X-51 Force Application and Launch from Continental United States HyShot NASA X-43 Operationally Responsive Space Office...
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and much better efficiency. 2002: HyShot scramjet flew in dive. 2004: NASA X-43, the first scramjet to maintain altitude. 2020: Pipistrel E-811 is the...
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technologies. Funded by NASA, the United States Air Force and DARPA, the X-29 was developed by Grumman, and the two built were flown by NASA and the United States...
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