Captive-Carry Test Clears Way for X-43A Test Flight This Month

NASA's X-43A hypersonic testbed and its Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus booster rocket passed a 2-hr. captive-carry test beneath the wing of NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, clearing the way for a hypersonic flight as early as Feb. 21. The B-52 took off and landed at Dryden Flight Research Center on...

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