Nose cone malfunction scuttles scramjet flight-test

The Japanese space agency JAXA says a HyShot-IV scramjet flight-test failed last month when a nose cone malfunctioned during the launch at Australia's Woomera test range. The 110.6 million yen ($900,000) test on March 30 was aimed at verifying the operation of the scramjet combustor installed with...

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