Lost HTV-2 Achieved Controlled Flight, Darpa Says
The HTV-2 hypersonic test vehicle appears to have achieved controlled flight before telemetry contact was lost 9 min. after launch on April 22, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) says. The unmanned vehicle had been released from the third stage of its Minotaur IV Lite booster...
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