NASA's X-43A hypersonic vehicle has successful captive-carry test

NASA's X-43A hypersonic research vehicle had a successful first captive-carry flight along with its Pegasus booster, according to the space agency's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. The X-43A and Pegasus were carried beneath the wing of a B-52 for nearly two hours as the aircraft left...

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