NASA has successful first free-flight test of X-40A

NASA kicked off a series of seven planned flight tests of the X-40A experimental vehicle yesterday with a successful 74-second free flight at its Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "Everything went extremely well," said Alan Brown, a public affairs officer at Dryden. The...

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