Hypersonic Jet Clocked at 5000mph; World Record Smashed As Plane Hits Mach 7
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A HYPERSONIC jet broke the world speed record and set a bench- mark in space travel by moving at seven times the speed of sound in a high-altitude test over the Pacific, Nasa scientists announced yesterday.
The space agency's X-43A research vehicle, which is 12ft- long and resembles a winged surfboard, reached slightly more than Mach 7, about 5000mph, during 11 seconds of powered flight before gliding at hypersonic speeds for several minutes and finally plunging into the ocean.See the full content of this document
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Hypersonic Jet Clocked at 5000mph; World Record Smashed As Plane Hits Mach 7
Conducted off the southern California coast on Saturday, the test marked the first time a "scramjet", or super-sonic-combustion ramjet, has powered a vehicle at such high speed.
Lawrence Huebner, Nasa's...See the full content of this document
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