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Image: Creative Commons. An artist's conception of the X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" in flight. The X-43A was developed to flight test a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet propulsion system at speeds from Mach 7 up to Mach 10 (7 to 10 times the speed of sound, which varies with temperature and altitude).

Image: Creative Commons. An artist's conception of the X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" in flight. The X-43A was developed to flight test a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet propulsion system at speeds from Mach 7 up to Mach 10 (7 to 10 times the speed of sound, which varies with temperature and altitude).

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X-43: Yes, NASA Built A Mach 9.6 Hypersonic Aircraft

In the past few months, I’ve written about the (most likely apocryphal) SR-91 Aurora spy plane, which supposedly could hit speeds of Mach 5,...

Christian OrrMarch 26, 2023

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Mach 9.6: Yes, the X-43 Hit That Speed

Mach 9.6 seems like a movie magic moment, like something out of the new Top Gun: Maverick flick in theaters. And yet, the X-43...

Christian OrrAugust 1, 2022