NASA's Hyper-X second flight set for November
Around mid-November, NASA's Hyper-X demonstrator, the X-43A, will make a second attempt to fly at Mach 7 after being released by a modified Pegasus booster rocket in the skies over Edwards, Calif. The 12-foot Hyper-X is a scramjet-powered test aircraft designed to advance hypersonic (i.e., faster...
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